Paracosm

I had to look that word up awhile ago when Nicolas from MyAntarctica used it in an etsy treasury... if you don't know Nicolas you should check out his blog and etsy treasury's. It is not enough to just look at his photos, you need to read the words and poetry that goes along with them!

 You will be transported.....

 

Anyway, if you were diction challenged like me... here's the meaning from Wikipedia:

A paracosm is a detailed imaginary world, or fantasy world, involving humans and/or animals, or perhaps even fantasy or alien creations. Commonly having its own geography, history, and language, it is an experience that is often developed during childhood and continues over a long period of time: months or even years.

So recently I decided to paint a small trio of islands that I have been creating in my head for years...

I have painted the first of the island so far....

Get ready to discover

 Brodonia Isle,

 largest of the 3 Davielo Islands.

 

 

This map is not to scale or actually even geographically correct. It was just drawn from memory to show the lakes and rivers and mountains. I'll need to redraw it at some time.

 

 The next one is accurate as far as size and scale. It maps out the 3 Provinces and town borders...

 

 

People of Lesser

all connected to nature

perfection in maps

 

Three distinct cultures and peoples have developed over the years. The Broganians don't even know the existence of the People of Lesser.

 

So I had to start writing out a bit of there story. The people of Lesser have developed a complete "religion" around the lines of Lucif (black negative energy lines), Roya (red positive energy lines) and Verdent (green peaceful energy lines). When a line of Verdent crosses a line of Roya it is called a site of perfection! The people of Lesser make pilgrimages to these sites called perfection regularly.  It explains a bit of what I am talking about on the next map....

 

 

The next piece so far shows a bit about the people of Lesser and the monuments to Roya and Verdent....

 

 

 

 

The last piece is a painting of the city of Gulls , inhabited by the Broganians, a much less civilized, and warring culture.

 

 

I think that's enough for today... Happy Paint Party Friday and Haiku my heart!

scattered thoughts

a week of hot cold, up down and in between...

but I think it's better to leave out the details of my fragmented concentration,

and just go with the photo highlights...

(well maybe also to say Thank God; Goddess; the Universe; a guy named Jack under the bridge; or a big silver fish in the sky

for my husband who always reminds me everything will be OK,

 because it will!!!!)

 

purple flowers left

pollen covered bees busy

ignoring my clicks

I have been photographing bees on flowers all summer, easy to get, but hard to get the perfect one, you may have to see more next week...

and the week after...

Of course I made a mandala...

 

I don't usually have family pics on my blog 

but I was out taking photos for my older son's senior portrait....

this one is my favorite, not for the yearbook

but for me,

as it's actually "him" caught in between forced smiles for the shots he was ready for... 

 

I googled 'ideas for senior portraits' to come up with the idea to pose him on the tracks....

google is so great like that

 

and it's my Dad's birthday today....

Happy Birthday Dad!

 

and a few pages in my sketchbook...
someday I will make  a flip-through video of my sketchbooks....

I totally did not have a good purple available to paint with .... yuk to that!

 

 That's it for now I guess....
I have been painting maps, imaginary places, lots of them...
but that is for another week...

 

 Happy Paint Party Friday, and Haiku my heart!

 

Some photos from my week...

 

 

 All this sun shining

lending magic to moments

small snapshots of time

 

 

 

I have had a busy week.....mostly not creative but I HAVE managed to  work on a custom order of 30 small rocks. I am painting them with symbols that a family has requested and plan to put on their fathers grave. I like doing orders like this that I know will really mean something to the people who will hold them. And I love how we all individually or as families have symbols that are our own...

 

The last one I did was for a woman who planned these because her mother had passed away. Makes me think about what symbols I would put if these were just for me... I guess I need to make a bowl for myself...

Happy paint party Friday , and Haaiku my heart!

red winged blackbirds passing thru my spot at the river

another video for you this week.... of making this.....

using these.... from red winged blackbirds....

 

and of making this in my sketchbook....

 

from watching these....

watching the blackbirds

lift off in flight like ribbons

connected in air

 

 

 

Happy paint party Friday and haiku my heart!