Kim Nelson Writes http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com Give me some words... let me play! Mon, 14 May 2012 16:33:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/feedburner/HJHFhhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation Allow http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/HJHFh/~3/MoKYSLzkeqE/ http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2012/05/10/allow/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 12:00:17 +0000 Kim Nelson http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/?p=11054 Art. The process of making it. Teaches life lessons. So simply.

Relax your grip
Relinquish control
Allow the Wonder to roll

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Daren’t dampen your spirits
Change your mood
Change my affect
Piss you off

Consequences aren’t worth it
Keep you calm
Keep my cool
Never scoff

I’ve risked it before
Knowing, tremble in fear
At the thought
At the cost

I AM lost

*Inspired by Three Word Wednesday ~ Dampen, Keep, Tremble …
and, of course, by that photo from so long ago.
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~ Rumi

The Path, Bold

What is myth,
Really?
Tradition
Fabled story
Heroine
Event
Well then
Given that
I AM my own myth
Gradually unfolding
Day by day
Hour to hour
Altering the course of history
For good.
Big work, this.
Vital.
Driven to be true
To future, self and path,
Dissatisfied
I’ll purify the line.
And set things right
Boldly

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Nesting, watercolor by Kim Nelson

 

The latest sketch… poem to follow!

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Swainson's Thrush, watercolor by Kim Nelson

 

Swainson's Thrush 2, watercolor by Kim Nelson

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Phlomis fruticosa, Jerusalem Sage, growing in my Mission Garden.

The Process…

Pen & Ink Sketch In My Sketchbook

Add Color With Watercolors & Watercolor Pencils

Background Color Wash Then Details in Pen & Ink

Final Touches With Pen & Ink and Sharpies

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The Inspiration…

 The Sketch…

What inspires you?

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may your day be filled with wonder.


I Shall Carry

In my pocket
I shall carry
all that does hold value
Hope
and Faith
a little Love, perhaps
Validation for the Work that I do
Good Wishes for others walking their path
Support for the ones now discouraged
Reinforcement for folks one day at a time
Reminders: Don’t hurry or worry
Goodness and Guidance based on the greats,
those wordsmiths who altered the future
Kindness and Honor toward others I meet
Awareness that we all endure,
are The Light

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Never underestimate
Acacia.
Redolence afloat on slightest breeze.
Beckoning to all of those awakened.
Reducing weak and mighty to their knees.

Never underestimate
Her Motive.
Attracting well-to-do like honey bees.
Undeterred by stinger, swarm or danger
Standing firm; calming, perfect frieze.

Never underestimate
Her Power.
Seeming fragile, aiming to appease.
Cloaked in gentle beauty, thorns aplenty.
Come, draw near, draws blood, and then disease.

Sweet, Sweet Acacia.

You’d be wise to avoid her.

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