Visual Journey 59
Two Springs Ago
On the Ground of Becoming
Sky of Mind Opens to
Blooms of Surrender.
We move with Winds of Change.
Two springs ago, I took a walk to collect lupine seeds. Their pods were dry and rattling, ready to release what they held. I knelt down and gently gathered them, stuffing my pockets full. Later at home, I carefully opened each pod and dropped the tiny, solitary seeds into jars. In the fall, I scattered them everywhere—across the meadow, in the garden and out front by the road—hoping they’d take root. The next spring, nothing came. No blooms. No sign of growth. I was disappointed. I wondered if all my collecting, all that care, had been for nothing. But then I thought: maybe the seeds just need time. So I waited. This year, I saw the first leaves emerge—small, green, familiar. I smiled. Every day, I went out to check. And then, one morning, I looked out the window and there they were: eight purple lupines waving in the breeze. Even the best intentions need time to take root; patience to grow.
Thank you for sending Layers Of A Creative Life and the collective healing power of our creativity out into the world.
Sending you lots of love, light and creativity always.
XXX
All art and writing ©️Charlene Lutz 2025
Watercolor magic!
Magic indeed. That two-page spread with the humming bird just left of center…the world around it has depth and shadow and color. It’s wonderful how the essence of a landscape or a tiny scene, the feel of a particular space, is rendered with the deft placement of shading and changes in color. It reminds me of the New Confessionals, who weren’t trying to relate historical or factual truth, but would use such things, reworking them with added “pigment” to get at an emotional truth, more than the thing, but the weight of a thing.