Fish and Wine
Just coming home from a very interesting historical trip to Israel, I read the topic for the next round: Broadway hits of my generation. Jesus Christ Superstar immediately came to my mind. It was almost Christmas, and the topic was also close to the season. To visualize some
A Thousand Doors to Eternity
This prompt was not easy for some reason. Too many choices? I finally settled on one of my favourite singers, Sting, and his song “A Thousand Years”. It is a beautiful love song, with a haunting cello line in the background, and to me speaks of the eternity and
What Does the Newspaper Say/ On New Years Day
For a month I pondered — not knowing what I was going to do. Yes, I know that I proposed the prompt. I thought it would be easy. It wasn’t. Then on New Years Day I went to retrieve my neighbor’s paper for them, and my shadow
"And the sun poured in like butterscotch…"
I am an unabashed fan of Joni Mitchell. I have been since the first time I heard her, many, many (could it be 50?) years ago. Her melodies are beautiful, her voice and delivery are beautiful, but her words, her lyrics, are poetry. For me, hers is the kind of poetry
Scattered Black and Whites
Once I understood that I couldn’t merrily print lyrics onto cloth to use for this piece I had to have a rethink. One of the lyrics I had been going to use was from a song called Scattered Black and Whites by Elbow. It is a song about memories
In the moon light
“Thought of thousand things fill me with melancholy as I gaze upon the moon, but autumn`s dejection comes not to me alone.” By Oue senri Peter macMillan This melancholy lyric poem is ”百人一首“ （One Hundred Poets One Poem Each） It`s very old collection of Japanese poem. But now
Elizabeth's World
Although I live in the peaceful countryside, my ears are assaulted day and night by the sound of my mother-in-law’s TV. She is a sweet soul who lives with us, and the TV keeps her company, though she pays scant attention to it. Instead she is absorbed in her
Touch of wind and water
Somewhere in the sunshine, a soft wind blows. When it touches my skine, it gives me like a feeling of touching the silk. Such a touch feels good, healing,and I feel myself bright and refresh. How does the touch of water feel? When I went into the seawater, the water
The Gentle One
The Gentle One 29.5″ x 40.5″ @Colleen Kole 2017 Touch is a physical connection which, in turn, often leads to a heart and mind connection. A soul connection. This piece started with one intention but evolved to have another meaning as it was the events that happened during the making of the