earth laughs in flowers

mjd - 2015

emerson personified the earth

and told us that it laughs in flowers.

with our eyes and heart open 

we also bear witness to it

dancing in leaves

singing in whistling winds

dreaming in clouds

creating in the webs of spiders

sheltering in oaks

and

soothing in falling rains. 

how fortunate we are to be alive. 

mjd - 2015

experimenting

i am sure i am not alone when i tell you that just when i need to get down to putting some things together that function as adornment (as opposed to the fun i have when i build the focals, etc...) 

i get pulled in another direction... 

but i was also on the phone (which i usually am not) - so i didn't want to make noise (because hammering isn't really polite - though i admit a slipped a couple of times)... and i saw this copper tubing hanging on my board... and etching is quiet... 

so what if?

'all life is an experiment.

the more experiments you make

the better.'

~ ralph waldo emerson

and thank you barbara, for reminding me of where the tired brain had gotten the inspiration from... your book and a takrut i recently used in a necklace i made...