OUCHHH!!!! It is Friday and I had all sorts of creative plans for today, but last night I made a wrong move somehow and strained my back… now I sit at my desk wobbling on the chair like an old little lady and will have to find activities with which I don’t have to move that much. It might be a day to visit old blogfriends and leave some comments here and there…
Last week it was freezing cold in The Netherlands, we even had a little bit of snow! I stayed inside, playing in my atelier, but my friend Lena of course took her camera outside and made beautiful photos. When I saw this photo of a frozen Blackberry bush, I wrote a tanka with it. (“The Tanka poem is very similar to haiku but Tanka poems have more syllables (5-7-5-7-7) and it uses simile, metaphor and personification.)
Today, my Fiday haiku is a Tanka…
Photo made by my friend Lena Schreijenberg
| Bevroren braamstruik IJskristallen schitteren in de vroege zon Hebben de wortels weet van |
Early sunrise on a frozen blackberry bush Ice crystals sparkle Do you think the roots know of |
I submit this tanka to Recuerda Mi Corazon where our lovely hostess Rebecca brings us all together to share a haiku on Friday: Haiku my Heart.
Remember I told you last week that a friend of mine – who is a textile artist – and I agreed on starting a project together? I finished my piece and send it to her, and as an extra I made her this quirky collage-card.
Well-behaved women
The text in the ‘dress’ is in Dutch but you probably heard it before… it’s quite a famous quote: “Women are angels and when someone breaks our wings we continue to fly… on a broomstick.”
A new (to me) gelli-plate printing technique
I stumbled upon a youtube video from Gelli Arts® where Birgit Koopsen shows a resist-technique using magazines on a gelli plate. I got all excited about it and tried out this technique right away… here’s my first results.
I need to experiment some more (and my back says ‘No, not today!’) but I can already think of many ways to use these kind of images in my art journals in the future. If you want to know how this technique works CLICK HERE
I wish you all a beautiful weekend, go do something nice.
Don’t hurt your back!
I think roots know much more than we give them credit for!
Such beautiful art work and wonderful tanka ~ ^_^
Happy Day to you,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Hello Merit! Love your Tanka, thank you! I do believe the roots know… I also love seeing your artmaking. Your piece that you made for me is still on my bookshelf, where I see it and think of you every day!
As I write this, your Friday is almost complete and I hope you are resting and healing. Thank you for the color and connection and creativity you share in our Fridays together my friend! Have a beautiful weekend!
This is a lovely tanka Marit. happy Sunday. I have some haiku Fridge magnets. If you are interested in swapping as mail art, Let me know. Email me and I will send you my postal address
haikuchallange.gc@gmail.com
much love…
thank you for your wonderful art work and sharing this wonderful link!!! you have me swimming in ideas as i try to quiet my mind for the next haiku. thank you for making the world a beautiful place of sharing and inspiration.