My last photo from April 2023 is a picture that I colored yesterday. Bye, April! Hello, May!
April Coloring
Coloring
Pretty Picture
I pretty much hate my life and can’t sleep because of crying too hard, so here’s this nice picture I printed out and colored today, one of the things I enjoyed.
Coloring
My last photo for February 2023. I colored this picture on February 25th – 26th.
Walking by Faith
We walk by faith and not by sight, Through a life nonsensical now, Currently no idea how It will turn out; is there a light? There are rewards after the fight, The journey long but not in vain: There's consolation in the pain And beauty in all the pieces. Despite how dark the night sky is We'll be restored to joy again.
A décima for the end of the year and going into the new one, inspired by this picture that I began to color today (but have not finished). Like my life, I don’t know how this picture will turn out, but if I just keep coloring (living), it will finish beautifully.
For Art’s Sake
This week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge is themed “Art for Art’s Sake.” I think my coloring applies, especially since I generally don’t do anything with it, except maybe send a photo of it to a few friends. The picture above is the one I am currently working on.
I’m not sure if coloring even counts as “art,” but when I sent a picture to my grandma-friend a while ago, she praised, “You are a master of this art form!”
Thank you, grandma, for making me feel better about my life, LOL!
Colorful in Its Time
I’m working on a coloring page that is quite detailed, more so than I generally like, but I love the Bible verse so much that I have been working on it.
I am not a very patient person when it comes to finishing projects like this, but it’s a consolation to paraphrase that Bible verse. I think, “He has made everything colorful in its time.” Furthermore, the “time” may not be too far away.
Partway through the coloring this morning, I noticed that I was telling a story through the colors. I’m an INFJ, so I see meaning in everything, but nevertheless I think this is cool: The greens represent (A LOT of) growth. The browns represent soil, and I also colored small portion in the lower left corner to look like stacked bowls. The red-and-orange portion represents fire (destruction?), and the gray in the upper right is stones (obstacles?). However, among those there is a lotus flower, which is a symbol of new life and resurrection, along with plenty more green and a light blue “sky” surrounding the lotus.
I see a lot of my own life reflected in the way that I colored and interpreted this, as well as hope for the future (!!!). No wonder they had us do so much coloring in “art therapy,” haha. 🙂
A sijo inspired by the picture: Out of the flames of adversity, from rocks of difficulties, After eternities of growth, without even seeing seedlings, Rise pink petals of the lotus, under peaceful heavens
What do you see in the picture?
Joyful Hearts
A few days ago, I finished this coloring page and wrote an ekphrastic poem inspired by it. Because of the short verse, I am sharing with One-Liner Wednesday. I am curious: Does this picture make you think of anything or inspire you to write something?
Pierce my heart with a hole-punch, String it on a garland with some others; Perhaps we can create beauty in pain, That amid these twisted patterns And circular paths, we might find Ways to hope and cope, reasons to laugh.
Completed
My photo for Last on the Card for the month of August:
I didn’t really like how this coloring picture turned out, but having started it, I figured why not “carry it on to completion?” It’s an off-center photo too, but oh well.
If you want, post a link to your own coloring or drawing!
A Bizarre Eulogy
I recognize the work this marker did,
Helping to color all the dino-cats,
With its quite useful hue of grayish-green.
So sad since I that hue’s decline have seen:
I’ll miss that marker, but it’s work is done.
At least it’s been used up, did not dry out,
Fulfilled its purpose, a good marker-life.
For people perhaps that could be a guide,
To find their purpose and to live it well —
To do what one was born for, fear aside.
I endeavored to write in blank verse for this one. Linking with DVerse OLN, before DVerse goes on summer break. 🙂
Sometimes
“Sometimes, you’ve just got to color.“
I wrote a tanka after beginning to color the above picture. Pusheen coloring Filled with magical creatures, Mermaids, centaurs, more Imagination is freed Despite the brain and body
There’s a whole list of things I could share with you for One-Liner Wednesday, but this is today’s. 🙂 After not coloring anything for at least 2 months, I’m on a roll! A sushi roll, it seems.
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