watercolor 28 in our entryway this morning
this reveals how much watercolor 28 pops out when viewed with some of the previous ones
7:44 am: a couple of days ago i made remarks regarding zen buddhism. i mispoke when i said “enlightenment could be seen as the ultimate knowing.” a good friend, who is a practitioner of zen buddhism corrected me. she said “enlightenment is the ultimate letting go of all knowing.” i did have the feeling, when i wrote that post, that i was venturing into territory far beyond my knowledge and experience.
i’m still integrating watercolor 28, going back and forth as to whether it’s a big step in the right direction or a mis-step. stragely, as it appears on the screen here, i find it appealing, even exciting. in person, it’s somewhat shocking, as it is when viewed on my east studio wall, in the context of the previous watercolors.
as mikela pointed out when she first saw it, the branch on the left, going up to the circular form (also a branch) is key to the success of the composition. for me, it’s that pinkish salmon color in the mid-left. she also thought it could have used one or two more areas of detail which, as with the rock on the lower left, allow the viewer to get that this image is inspired by an actual creek with actual rocks, water and branches.