Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Looking Back 2

Looking Back 2
Oil on Wood
10"X10"
Another in the end of the island series. Actually there are 4 or 5 of them now. I just haven't gotten around to posting them. 
As for me, I am not looking back. Nor forward. Just being right here where I am which is a pretty good place to be.
Last night I stumbled upon the you tube video of David Hockney- Painting the Tunnel. Best lesson I've ever had. Just watching him paint. and the great sound effects of his Wellies in the muddy water underfoot. I went to sleep dreaming of what today would bring.
And then it began, early this morning, in the middle of the path on the way to the beach, a beautiful turtle sunning itself. Felt like a good omen for sure.
Rosie and I went for a row. Soft, silky water reflecting a cloudless sky. Ever so slight breeze. Death and dying were on my mind, having read Rebecca Dana's touching account of Nora Ephron's memorial. I share Martin Short's belief that when people die, "... they zoom into the souls of the people who love them most.” I thought of all the loved ones I carry with me. My parents and grandparents and friends who have gone. And those who are ailing that I hold in my heart. More. Always more. The sadness that settles deep down, but also the sheer joy of having shared their lives. 
I wondered if one could explode from the fullness of it all. 

3 comments:

  1. Patricia Ryan MadsonJuly 10, 2012 at 4:23 PM

    Oh, Susan,
    Your full heart and the expression of your musings today touch me. I, too, carry around your mother inside me. Hardly a day goes by when some memory or lesson about life that I learned from her fails to materialize. We do carry the souls of those who have been part of us. Thanks for sharing your art and your heart.
    Your pal,
    Patricia

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  2. Patricia Ryan MadsonJuly 10, 2012 at 4:31 PM

    Oh, Susan,
    Your full heart and the expression of your musings today touch me. I, too, carry around your mother inside me. Hardly a day goes by when some memory or lesson about life that I learned from her fails to materialize. We do carry the souls of those who have been part of us. Thanks for sharing your art and your heart.
    Your pal,
    Patricia

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  3. Susan Landor KeeginJuly 10, 2012 at 5:12 PM

    Thank you, Patricia.
    Love knowing you are there.

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