JazWorks

Jill Zaheer's JAZWORKS: A Tapestry of Mixed Media, Painting, Collaborations, Photography, and Poetry

Showing posts with label Palette of colors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palette of colors. Show all posts

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Life's Sweet Signs and Our Own Street Signs!

Still, quiet- in my own melodic way,
Intermittent moments of silence,
A white out of sorts,
And then...
A new wind
Shifting tides
Minuscule grains of life
Coming back!
Shielding me with a seemingly quiet presence,
Mirrored with a gentle reflection
Slowly permeating my being
As if the dark murky waters are beginning to clear
Layers of my life
Continually tested by gusts of wind-
And I think...what are our life's umbrellas?
What do we use to protect ourselves from its elements....
Whether the weather..
Or people and their expectations of us...
Or perhaps their lack of expectations of us....
Or our expectations of ourselves...
What street signs do we wear?
Could it be -stop- don't go any further...
Or do we give the impression that we need to control what happens around us
Do we make people show themselves before we'll open up to them?
Are we approachable as people in the roles we fulfill in our lives?
Are we approachable as artists?
Do we feel we need to give explanations of what we are saying?
Do we give out confusing messages?
I love to find color in the faded, beauty in what
to some is trash, and see art in what others may not see at all.
Enjoy all of the subtle sights and colors around you!!

Saturday, December 11, 2010

A Quiet Time of Heart

It's been a silent, outwardly appearing peaceful time for me
But inside, it's been difficult.
Still healing, feeling challenged
Caught in an emotional spinning whirlwind of activity.
Sitting shiva in a recovery fog of sorts
Of who I was and feeling caught
In an elongated time capsule of thought.
But now, a palette of colors is beginning to emerge
And a new clarity is revealing itself
Calling upon my energy to surge
To see
Visualize
And harmonize
In a new world of
AdvEntuRoUs CREAtivIty!
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