Finding a subject to write about comes from the many different things that we look at. It is the seeing what we look at and putting it into words that that makes us writers; like an artist sees objects differently than those who are not artists. They see the greens, yellows, pinks, and blues in a tree trunk where the average person may see only a brown tree trunk.
During a recent writing group session Maggie Chalifoux brought in a couple of her abstract paintings and we all wrote very different responses to them. Our various responses came from seeing the same painting but bringing our own experiences and inner thoughts to the writing piece. This is the poem I wrote to explain what I saw.
Life Magic Through My Eyes
(inspired by a Maggie Chalifoux abstract painting)
As the mist rises up
droplets float down
the world responds
with motion and life
as seasons change
one feeding the other
waters lap the shore
birthing trees and greenery
creating movement
of days into night
wrapping the earth like
Mother Nature’s loving arms.
Arlene S. Bice ©2013
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