Cassatt, Blue Armchair
Susan right here. Nicely, this has been every week … we have had a whirlwind of reports, distraction, stress, sturdy opinion – not essentially a good time to give attention to the standard issues we attend to in our lives. For me, that is writing and duties which are sitting when they need to be shifting alongside. Typically it is good to set issues apart and discover a bit of peace, calm, and respite wherever we will. So sit again and let the Wench weblog be a little bit of a haven immediately. Take a deep breath, smile, calm down. We may all use a bit of kindness and love and one thing actual fairly proper about now.
Here is a gallery of labor by artists who’ve created little swimming pools of peacefulness right here and there. A beautiful solution to breathe and recalibrate if wanted (and when you occur to have a romance available – possibly even written by one of many Wenches! – we hope you discover a bit of time to learn immediately, one other nice solution to recalibrate).
When a bowl or cup or one thing beneficial is damaged, the Japanese have a practice referred to as kintsukuroi, “golden restore” – the merchandise is put again along with an software of gold that adheres the damaged items, making the merchandise not simply helpful once more, however provides it a brand new magnificence as a murals and a meditation on renewal and progress. It’s a beautiful custom—and the following time I drop one thing, I’ll want for gold as a substitute of glue to make it proper once more.
Vermeer, The Milkmaid
Monet, Misty Morning on the Seine
Abbott Thayer Henderson, Angel
Leighton, Flaming June
La Farge, Flowers
Giovanni Strazza, Veiled Virgin
Nicely, there you go, a bit of psychological trip earlier than going as soon as extra into the fray! Keep in mind to learn a romance, ponder one thing lovely, repair one thing damaged to make it higher than ever – and breathe!
