Tonight I am thinking about breath. And air.

This evening and this morning we have actually experienced beautiful, cool air. It is a rare delight in Florida, where even through November it sometimes feels like summer.

Mornings on the porch are cool. A weekend bike ride allowed me to feel cool air on my arms and in my lungs.

As I go about daily errands and indoor places where I mask up, returning to the outside to breathe in air makes me appreciate it.

It’s hard to capture the feel of air in artwork. A few pieces where I feel like I have come close are ones that I like. This quilt, Becoming One With the Night, is currently traveling with the SAQA global exhibit “Beyond the Mirror,” and the poem following is what I paired with it in my book of artworks and poems.

The air this morning

Is altogether different

from yesterday morning.

That air on my skin

Liquid-warm. Moist.

And in the grey cover

Above the house across the street

I watched planes take off

Then disappear into thickness.

The air this morning is cool

On my skin.

Wet only in that it brings to mind

Streams, fast-moving over rocks.

And the sky

Above the house across the street

Is pale blue.

I will watch planes recede

Into distant sky.

This porch. This chair. This place.

The point of the compass

Inserted firmly

So that around — all around

I draw the arc of where I am.

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A few of my abstract landscape collages also have depictions of air that feel right to me.

(You can find all three of these paper collages on my website in the Wednesday Collage GALLERY)

I hope that you are breathing in what your body and soul need this week.

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COMING SOON!!

I will be exhibiting in this annual event in my hometown. If you live or are visiting in Central Florida, I hope I’ll see you there.

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If you are interested in more information about my book of artwork and poetry you can find it on my website HERE

For all the artmakers: Happy creating
For all the art lovers: Happy appreciating

Thank you for reading. I always enjoy questions and comments.
--Bobbi

bobbi@bobbibaughstudio.com

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