Come And Listen

BumberShootStudio Paintings
Painting and Poem by Diana Crumpler
Copyright 2001
'Come And Listen'

When the first rays of light
brake through the dawn of night,
tis then you'll hear the sound
of music all around.

Such joy within these songs
proclaimed both loud and strong,
that one can't help but hear
their rhythm far and near.

What melodies they'll share

with all who stop and care
to listen while the birds
sing lyrics without words.

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Remember when the birds were gone...you would wake up in the morning to the sound of traffic and air conditioners in all the windows of countless sky scrapers so vast you could never see the horizon.  Trees do not grow in concrete canyons...so no birds, it was like they had vanished.  Ya, those where some days.

A Work In Progress

BumberShootStudio Paintings
A work in progress

Looking at this image, one doesn't see much.  A piece of paper, some vertical lines that are green in color but nothing to impressive here at all. Why the watermark?  My grand-daughter draws better then that, the lines aren't even straight...

To see beyond the now, the potential of what something (or someone) can be is not always an easy thing to do.

I pain to show my 'before' work because I know others do not see what it is I have envisioned.  When I'm painting a piece I have purpose for each step, it does not just happen in one pass of the brush. Depth comes with layers, layers take time and are messy even down right agonizing!  Sometimes I get stuck or make a mistake and think "that's it - I've just ruined everything"...only to find later that my fumble could be used for something beautiful in the overall painting.

When you take another look, try to see the whole picture this time and that 'work in progress' will never look the same.

Not So Traditional

BumberShootStudio Paintings
Copyright 2014
'Leaf Abstract'
(Sold)

It really was not that long ago when sending and receiving letters through the mail was traditionally how we connected.  Yes we had phones but they didn't take away from that intimate relationship of pen and paper.

Today connecting with other people happens on screens with likes and followers, friends in circles and tweets we recapitulate...Who on earth thought that something with the word 'tweet' in it would ever be taken serious!

I must confess I have been slow to get on the band wagon, it was only when my youngest daughter married and moved away that I started a personal Instagram account.  Did I really want to be held up for my daughter to take a picture, have it processed then wait for the mail...only to be told later it got lost!

As alluring as technology is, none of  it will ever take away my infatuation with ink and paper, I am still hopelessly in love...It will only make it that much more treasured.