Photography (c) 2009 deAnn RoeThe following series of posts titled, "Wordless Conversation" are my inner reflections while living a couple days, alone, in silence on a creative retreat. Below is part 3.
Evening had arrived. It was time to dabble with watercolors. I painted two more scenes that now are becoming a series – my spiritual journey – while listening to headphone filled with U2’s latest album, “No Line on the Horizon.” I wish I could paint, or create for that matter, directly from my head. Or even from my heart. But I need an image to interpret. This makes me feel less like an artist. I can replicate well, adding a little of me to that which I’m painting. But I struggle with my own original ideas.
Earlier in the day as I nodded off, I began reading a book that is written with the same passion that lingers in my heart – to collaborate with the Holy Spirit in art making. I’ve succeeded in doing that well twice before, my sculpture and painting of Jesus in the Garden. But, I had a hard time engaging in a collaborative effort this afternoon. My distractions in this cottage are limited. I walked away from my “life” in order to be silent. In order to listen. Yet, I still struggle. Why is this?
more to come...
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