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Be the Light You Want to See
Link 1: "Be the Light You Want to See" submitted by Lesley Litman
Link 2: A New Day, encaustic and mixed media, submitted by Hilary Bruel
Artist Reflection: In a year filled with so much fear and anger, I have tried to maintain hope and optimism. To me, there is nothing filled with more promise than the dawn of a new morning. As the sun rises over the horizon, its light and warmth are reflected back in the water and sky — a reminder that the world will reflect the light that we each put into it.
Link 3: Untitled, poem submitted by Cindy Rivka Marshall
Artist Reflection: The repetitive yet changing horizontal lines and the melted quality reminded me of the sense of impatience I've experienced this year, and of time passing. The advice to "just get through each day" has been helpful to me, and the reassurance that change is constant.
Link 4: Lining Up: Letting Go, photographic diptych submitted by Susan Epstein
Artist Reflection: My first reaction to this poem was to imagine the routinized line up of days on the calendar; then I allowed those replicated days to stretch and begin to unwind. What if time was indeed more fluid? Inspired by the energy and transition in the poem, I sat by the brook in my backyard in Vermont, and marveled at the beauty in the ice formation and felt hopefulness in the sound of the water rushing below.
(Note: image on left is a close-up section of “Black Walnut Twigs”, Ikat assemblage by Elizabeth Billings.)
Link 5: Seeds of Hope, ink and watercolor submitted by John Lechner
Artist Reflection: I was inspired by the natural forms of the previous artwork, reminiscent of reeds which were breaking apart but also holding together. There is a path near my home with a marsh where the reeds die each winter, but come back to life in the spring. I drew this image using a hollow stick carved to a point.
Link 6: “Walking the path together” submitted by Julie Vanek
Artist Reflection: The Seeds of Hope illustration reminded me of the many walks I have taken with friends during this past year. The wind is blowing, the sun is turning everything a beautiful shade of yellow, the path is beckoning, and hope is in the air. I am so grateful to have friends to join me in walking the path together.
Note: This chain was started with a submitted community response to the prompt: How have you cared for others or how others have cared for you during these challenging times? The artists did NOT see the reflections written by the previous artist, only the image of the work and the title. The reflections were revealed only when the chain was complete. The six links in the chain are intended to offer a creative way to connect and offset the six feet of physical distance we need to keep from each other in order to care for each other.
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