watercolor 106 10 x 13 “
12:09 PM: watercolor 106, completed moments ago is influenced by the drawing i made this morning at the creek. and some new watercolors i had ordered, which just arrived yesterday, also played a role. especially the purple and blue. it struck me this morning that, in my ongoing adventure of simplifying, some might say abstracting the landscape, i noticed my brain, even while standing directly in front of the creek, automatically translating what i was seeing into brighter, more primary colors. don’t ask me why; all i can say is that it’s a process and that the process evolves over time. so that what we see actually transforms. but we don’t make it transform. it transforms itself.
cottonwood creek, 7am today
11:07 AM: we took our trail walk this morning. because of my groin strail, i let mikela go ahead and i meditated in the car then went to the creek and made a drawing standing up, which at this point is easier on my body than sitting on that little 3 legged stool. once again, the light was spectacular. the drawing is in colored pencil and making it got me revved to start another watercolor, even though i have lots to do in preparation for the carbonedale arts show next month.
i’m going to start the watercolor; will post pics and updates when available.
yesterdays blog title mentioned new watch, but i didn’t have a chance to post about that.
BELOW are photos of the watch, which is a ratio freediver. it’s a dive watch (no, i’m not a diver) and is water resistant down to 200 meters or 600 feet. my passion for watches has more to do with the design and less with the functions. it all started when i was a kid and my dad gave me a croton. he was a cpa and they were clients of his. it was a beautiful watch, but what really got me was how brightly it glowed in the dark. so i used to wear it to bed and marvel at the luminescence of the numbers and hands.
this ratio is a chinese take on the many far more expensive dive watches out there. it’s well made, beautifully designed, very light on the wrist, with rotating bezel and a case measuring only 10mm thick. most watches are 12-14mm. it came with a rather ugly dive strap, which i promptly removed and replaced with a textured silicone strap in black and crimson. i probably won’t wear it to bed, as i did with my croton when i was 12, but for the foreeable future it will be on my wrist the rest of the time.
