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Month: September 2011

  • Sequoia – colour …. texture …. wearable?

    IMG_5684 Outside the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is this permanent, growing,  ever-changing, exqusite work of art:  sequoia tree.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    IMG_5679 The sun climbing the trunk early on a summer morning inspires walking closer and staring upward.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    IMG_5680 You almost expect it to stretch into the touch if you put your hand on the bark.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    IMG_5675 What kept me stopped and gazing was the bronze and the green and the  soft and the crisp and the depth of the texture of the base.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    IMG_5676 Could I translate that into something I could wear?

    The challenge stayed with me as I finally strolled on.