Halloween!

Halloween was the favorite holiday of my dear friend Michael.  We costumed and celebrated many a Halloween with each other. I of the Crow totem; he of the Bat. Michael celebrated the day in the Wiccan tradition, honoring the day's roots as an opening to other realms - hence, all manner of beings might be encountered. 

In any event, Halloween can be fun, spooky, dark and mysterious. This year I am celebrating with Crows - always a part of the mysterious in art and lore.

Crows on Red collage

And from other years...

All Saints Frida collage

I Still Repeat The Things You Said collage

Hallo-Weened collage

Halloween for Michael

 

Till next time.

Shared Feelings - Speaking to and for each other

These collages all are echoes of conversations with friends about feelings and senses. I often 'think' in images, in art, and these expressions are my distillations of sharings.

Sometimes we struggle with our differences and yet, within them, there is sameness.  I think different and same can find their way together.

Different & Same collage

Many of the people we feel most close to are living far from where we are.  They're so present with us and yet, they are literally at distance. And some are no longer in this reality, but still within us. The figures here all are symbolic of  my DearHearts at distance.

Hearts At Distance collage

There's such a pull for 100%! The culture sends that message and it's easy to let it slip in.  But sometimes the actuality is 9 out of 10, 8 out of 10, 7 out of 10! And really, that's where the everyday really lives, not in the idealized 100%.

7 out of 10 collage

Till another time.