North

I have called these images "North" since they evoke for me an icy melting world.Earth and skies blend in this dissolution.

Rebirth

I created this image using all the precedent works about Regrowth and the Burnt forest. This is the first attempt in terms of composition.

Even though this image has its beauty, I find too much complexity in it. I would like to simplify it, meaning more abstraction, perhaps in the style of John Coburn's works. The challenge in not to imitate but to create your own expression. This could be another line of work. Actually, an exciting one,

I also tried to make a tryptich with it, slightly changing the composition but it did not really work. I think I'll leave this aside

Other versions of Regrowth

These are 2 other versions of Regrowth. The first one is the black version of the digitalised image published previously and the second one is the original image  that I did using Watercolour and Collage. It ia a different one from the Watercolour image published in the post a couple of days ago.

The intention behind the creation of these images was to express the energy going at the centre of the burnt tree where the green starts to grow again.

It would be interesting now to create an image using the above and also the Burnt Forest but in an abstract way. It will take a while until this is completed and I'll have several attempts before reaching something satisfying. But I have always used this blog as a witness of a creative process, not deleting unsuccesful attempts but keeping them as steps towards an achievement.

Burnt Forest

 This collage was made prior to the image of Regrowth but the theme is the same. The medium is significantly different here.

Digitalised version of Regrowth

This version is a little bit dark. I have nearly finished the Watercolour version. I'll put it on my blog as soon as is it completed. The above image had been created from the first drawing of Regrowth and I had used the Liquify filter to help me go further in the creation of this image.

A few thoughts and feelings

I realise that my last publishing was already 4 weeks ago...I have not abandonned my blog though...but spent more time at looking at others blogs and sometimes commenting. Also very impressed by Michael's work on his Blog.

I am also aware as I hope all of us are, of the significance of the times: the walk against Global Warming on the 12th , walk that I'll miss, because you know why...my sadness about the hopelessness of our goverment leaders, blinded by short term views and victims of powerful corporative lobbies... the division of people about these issues ..etc..etc...

I do not know if you have read the documents that David indicated to us in his "farewell" address on our 'caachisholm.blogspot.com' blog. I find it challenging to read but I concentrated on the addend to the Manifesto: 'Strategies to implement the Evolution Manifesto' where practical views are presented.. It would be interesting to have a group discussion about this even though I find it to be very new grounds of thoughts and also of opinion that, as David pointed out, not everyone would share.

I remember him saying that he considered to give these ideas as a base for the Creative thinking module next year. A challenging task David...I assume you would consider the realm of Art to apply the fundamental idea of a new direction to evolution. To do this, I think you would have to explore with your students not only the cognitive realm but also that other realm, still elusive: consciousness. John Stewart mentions meditation, living in the present moment, thus opening the door to the intelligence of the heart and a quality of vision that could be transcribed as a work of Art. This common search could also lead to find new ideas to give direction to the future.

On a more personal basis, I am working on a watercolour painting about  regrowth after bushfire. It is not easy and it will take another week or so to finish it. Doing it just connects me again with art work and its difficult process and I wish we could still be altogether to share our efforts, ideals and warm support.

Christmas time is not conducing to this and I know everyone is involved in their specific activities which may not be amenable  to creativity. I am looking forward to the 4th January and I hope all of us can make the most of the present time

Mireille

Nostalgia2 digitalised

This is the digitalised version of Nostalgia2. Nostalgia can be understood in different ways. It can also be an aspiration to something different, a dreamlike place that does not exist except in the imagination and thus provide a kind of liberation from an alienated state.