Fun and Enjoyment, Creativity and Relaxation, Spontaneous and Thoughtful~
Top Five Posts All Time Page Reads:
Tonal Vision (first place all these years) The power of music
Lavender Blue
Magic Numbers
Luminous Feather
Light Returning
Years ago, When I pushed "publish" on the Butterfly Painting, everything went from black and white to color~ instantly and Out of the Blue went live~
A Silent Moment
On my way to write today I grabbed a handful of "random titles" from my title box..."Everyone needs a title."
Times March On
Speed Limit
Ghost "Writers" in the Sky
Streamline Express
Running Late
The Great Indoors
* "So the story goes I'm told...."
How have I streamlined this year? Some progress, some fast forward and rewind all at once.... Experimental: something new, small pocket paintings, new techniques, more spontaneous writing, fun and freedom, and observing ever changing light.
I put on writing music: light yet edgy. I choose Pancho and Lefty sung by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. I turn it up....as I write, I reduce the volume to very low, and then, gradually the music will disappear, words vanish first.
Someone asked me once, "What are your main areas of focus?"
"I am a number and word person."
I am exactly opposite!
First: Pictures, images, photos, freeze frames or stills, or streams (slideshows) of pictures, art work, paintings, stonework and architecture, nature scenes. Hands Down~ First Place, pictures, dreaming or awake.
Second: Auditory Music, melody or theme based, sometimes samples or bits (loops) of songs or fragments from various types of music. Lyrics are secondary, if they are there at all. Music plays through my head nearly all the time.
I live through pictures and music, "the great escape" into the creative world. I always write and paint with music by my side, creative waves of calming and focus, inner inspirations.
* "And sank into your dreams...."
Back to the song of the day, Pancho and Lefty.
* "His Horse Was Fast as Polished Steel...."
In the early days of TV (real early) I watched The Cisco Kid, The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, and Gene Autry. I love horses and was starting to draw and paint them. I ignored the plots and dialogue (I still do). I concentrated on only the horses! How grand the horses were, and smart too: Silver and Scout, Diabolo, Champion, and Trigger with Buttermilk. Dogs on parade like Lassie the Collie, and German Shepherds Rin Tin Tin and Bullet sharpened my focus as I sketched away.
TV or Not TV, my how you have changed.
Radio also took me out of my everyday world. Before I went to school, I'd make up picture movies in my head telling stories to accompany my favorite songs.
The World has Become "Sooner than Now."
* "But that's the way it goes..."
Resources:
* Country Music, a Documentary by Ken Burns, PBS TV, Sept 2019, a history of Country Music, 8 episodes: a visual and auditory experience
* Song of the Day: Pancho and Lefty performed by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, Song by Townes van Zandt, produced by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and Chips Moman Sony BMG Music Entertainment 1983. Cd Super Hits Willie Nelson.
Dahlis Roy: Visionary Artist, Author, and Tai Chi Instructor
Paintings by Dahlis:
Out of the Blue: Blue Butterfly, oil painting
Silver Butterfly, Create A Vision, oil painting
