late last night
walking to my bedroom
ready to sleep
all of a sudden,
i felt an urge
a need
to create
to take out my paints
and splash them around
wildly
with abandon
and so,
instead of ignoring the urge,
instead of postponing with excuses and tomorrows and indecision,
i did it
i took out my paints
chose colours
spontaneously
the ones that called to me
wanting to be used
i chose my subject
it came to me at once
spontaneously
the bird in the park
who sat on my hand to eat bread crumbs
and so i began
loosely,
wildly,
randomly,
freely,
spontaneously,
confidently
sketching,
scribbling,
scraping,
splattering,
swirling
and when I finished,
i began another
a wintry landscape
painted from the heart
and then another
and more
until finally,
joyfully,
the muse was satisfied
and so was i
and i was free
to go to bed
ReplyDeleteThese turned out great -- such movement and color!