Greening of My Heart - June 13, 2011

Foxglove at Morris Graves - pastel June 2011

Color is so fundamentally important to me that I dream, think, and

imagine pure, simple color, sometimes one at a time, sometimes in

combination. We are so saturated in rain that northern California,

even the SF Bay area is still green in June. This redwood coast strip

is bursting with greens that press into and fill my heart and entire

being. Since visiting the Morris Graves estate for a plein air

painting day, I've been overcome with spring green and following my

redwood walk today was inspired to record:

      Photohilic fern fingers

      dance over redwood duff,

      floating tips gesture in tender grace.

      Silent fox flashes tail

      gliding up ascending path,

      avoiding eye contact.