Even In The Silence

BumberShootStudio Paintings
Copyright 2017
Chinese Ink on Rice Paper
'Bamboo'

We'd be on the phone for hours, many times quietly not saying anything. 

Sounds like an oxymoron...a phone is for talking!  But we did it anyway and still do. I've only ever done this with my husband...but there is something comforting about knowing that someone is just right there, even in the silence.

Recently it looks like I went 'missing in action' with how still it's been on my blog. Writing takes a lot of time for me and every moment I've had to spare I've been pouring into several other projects I recently started. People have told me (on more than one occasion) that I can be quite compulsive. I tend to loose myself in whatever it is I'm doing at the time...until I reach a place with it that I feel is acceptable.

It's true I can get swept away, but in my defense...I've learned to play two new instruments, put together a functioning band and learned to paint in a new medium (Chinese Ink).

Even though there hasn't been much noise on my computer keyboard,
I'm still here.

Note to self...in the future, only take on one new project at a time!

The Shadow Knows

BumberShootStudio Paintings
Copyright 2016
'Sun Rising'

Everywhere I look, I see them.
In the booth next to me...standing in line...crossing the street. Their more then just vague images that are here one minute and gone the next. They are memories...still very much alive in my mind.

My family lived in Hong Kong for many years and every time my husband and I go back for a visit, we see shadows from our life everywhere we turn.

Some find these 'shadows' of the past haunting...always popping up to remind us of days gone bye. But I think of them as small sketches of something bigger, larger then just single isolated strokes in time.

The sun rises and shines its light on another day as I take a closer look at the Grand canvas of my life...wondering just how much color I've applied to it...is there any depth at all...have I taken any risks...is there purpose?

Reevaluating whats on the palette...will the moments the sun shines upon today become the lasting shadows that reach into tomorrow...and will they make a difference?