Dreamscape:








honestly:
i don’t know if i’m waking
or dreaming

eyes wide closed opened tightly

i cross the rocks
leading with my arms
tripping all over my heart

i hold up the coral
i watch a gleeful swarm of whales
o f f shore; so sensitive to the currents
in the water
in my veins

i have a covey of new thoughts
bursting from the edges
of my mind:
fast winged and thrumming

i don’t know if i can record it all
in film
in my mind
on paper
in silver

but i’m going to try.

Comments

  1. whales!

    hope you are having/had a loverly time!

  2. I'd love to flip through your sketchbook

    or journal from this trip

    and see

    how it all tied together

    was rendered

    was internalized.

    so i could go there,

    too.

    safe travels homeward, plume,

    on the wings of angels

    and dreams.

    xoxo.

  3. Are you home honeymooner?

    The shot of the whales brought tears to my eyes. How I ache to be close to my cetacean brothers…

    Hope you're feeling better and had a Merry Christmas!

  4. Oh and also loving the velvet horsey schnozzle.

  5. how lovely!! I am so jealous!

  6. have you been to paradise? Methinks these are photographs of heaven. L.x

  7. Swoon worthy snapshots. I can almost feel the tropical breeze and taste the salt water on my lips. Save travels.

  8. beautifully seen, and beautifully written. love the whales. some of my favourite memories are of whale watching…off the coasts of several places…Hawaii, Alaska, B.C., Mass…

    you write beautifully…fluidly…

    thank you for taking the time…to share your experiences, your thoughts, your heart.

    xoheath

  9. Relish the journey of that trying, as will we. Wondrous photos!!! I love especially the sun bursting (with RW (?) looking as far away) and the whales cavorting. Safe home…or are you back already?

  10. Re whales: gyre and gimble were the words I was groping for!

  11. oh my heart!

    sooo very jealous….

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  13. Desiree Fawn says

    I'm so glad you're home & happy & safe & blissful <3

  14. The Social Cellar says

    dang… im jealous

  15. oh i LOVE watching the whales off the coast of maui. you know what else i love seeing glittering greyly across the horizon? pods of dolphins. it gives me chills.

    ROLLIN
    ROLLIN
    ROLLIN ON DA RIVAAA

    thanks for the solo, and shame on t.l. for refusing to sing with you!

  16. I cannot wait to see what springs from this journey. Much love Jillybean.

  17. Nancy*McKay says

    …THIS IS INCREDIBLE…love you…

  18. reconstructing sarah says

    i thought you might LOVE hawaii 🙂

    you lucky bird…whales!

    aloha.

  19. Taddyporter says

    Ohhhhh those whales! that coral! Koi! velvety horse muzzles!! a gorgeous flaxen mane dancing in the breze……….What an absolute contrast to the landscape here in our winter-y little land. And we are wearing more layers as well as it is chchchchchchilly. Your tranquility in conveyed beautifully through that film, I love everything about it!

    Enjoy every precious moment beautiful ones! and I am really hoping you are getting your fill of fruity drinks yummm! miss you..

  20. Mountaindreamers says

    What a varied landscape of sensory delights awaits at the banquet table of life, if only we all could nourish this beauty instead of exploiting it. I am so happy to see the whales swimming , we are all related. xx hope you are well.

  21. CarolynArtist says

    Beautiful!
    Looking forward to what emits from your lovely hands from this wonderful trip@

  22. holy coral shrine-to-be!

  23. Your art will be different when you return! Betcha!

  24. jessi sawyer says

    big.island.love.

    that is one of the few places that makes me ache with its absence.

    were my suggestions helpful in your travels?

  25. The Noisy Plume: says

    Absolutely!