I'm quite fortunate to be able to find inspiration right out my back door... but sometimes all I have to do is look up from this screen, and I can catch something magical. The crows have been gathering and cawing each morning this week. The above photo was taken from my studio window, above my desk. I caught this single crow in our old chestnut tree and edited the photos together. I'm finding that I can't stop looking at it. I feel connected to each dual side that this crow represents: the quiet, mulling things over bird and the wild, leaping-out-of-branches bird. A carving or stencil is definitely brewing...
I'm quite fortunate to be able to find inspiration right out my back door... but sometimes all I have to do is look up from this screen, and I can catch something magical. The crows have been gathering and cawing each morning this week. The above photo was taken from my studio window, above my desk. I caught this single crow in our old chestnut tree and edited the photos together. I'm finding that I can't stop looking at it. I feel connected to each dual side that this crow represents: the quiet, mulling things over bird and the wild, leaping-out-of-branches bird. A carving or stencil is definitely brewing...
this is absolutely beautiful. ♥
ReplyDeletehow lovely, Maya ! I agree, sometimes inspiration is right at the door, not very far, just waiting for us ...
ReplyDeletethese make me think of Karen (bluebee), don't you think ?
xoxoxo big hugs !
Ah, lovely!
ReplyDeleteI am a BIG fan of Crows, they are my favourite bird, and whenever I see them I have to stop and watch them for a time. How lucky that you have them so close!
It's a nice catch. Inspired.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeletewe moved out into the French countryside a year ago and are fortunate to have a very large garden on the edge of the woods. Our garden is full of olive trees and BIRDS, everywhere, it's wonderful. Families of tits, jays and robins have become part of our daily life and our children love making little shelters food for them.
I love your blog - can't believe I've only just discovered it! I'll be spending endless hours here with cups of tea :)
ReplyDeleteThe edited photo is very atmospheric. Beautiful shots.
ReplyDeleteI can tell that you are going to do a beautiful carving/stencil from this. Can't wait to see it :-)
I love the photos, beautiful!
ReplyDeleteoh, yes, crows...they are magical, really. this photo is a great "tweaking" of reality, maya!
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ReplyDeleteBoth are powerful images! Great capture on each count. Crows are one of my fave birds to watch, esp when they're trying to shoo away a hawk from their nests.
ReplyDeleteThis picture is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI derive inspiration from these quirky beings as well...cannot wait to see what your " brewing " beholds...
ReplyDeletei posted photos of them on my black and white blog...little different locale...
I agree - I can't look away! There is something deep about the duality present...yet in such simplistic beauty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work - can't wait to see what comes of it!
There is a stark aspect to the picture that is really captivating. I can't stop looking at it either, makes me wonder where the leap is going to take me.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Maya!!
ReplyDeleteMarce
LOVE the motion you captured!!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why, but I love crows, too. The mythology, the cleverness, the shape of them, silhouetted against the sky, the black color, the boldness.
ReplyDeleteAnd they're pretty.
Great photo
I love how this photo floats into the background so the crows are flying across your site.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great photo. Probably NOT a true chestnut tree but a Horsechestnut. You can remember eastern trees with opposite lvs as MADCAP HORSE as in Maple, Ash, Dogwood, Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckles and viburnums) and... Horsechestnet!
ReplyDeleteThanks for receiving the crow so lovingly! Yes, you're right it's a horse chestnut. The chestnuts are not edible. It's also sometimes called a buckeye. It's my absolute favorite tree on our land... and possibly the oldest.
ReplyDeleteI can dig it! What a moment both made and captured. I love those birds.
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with crows, too, as you know. This collaged photo is amazing. It already looks like a stenciled image. Pure poetry.
ReplyDeletemost definitely. i too understand both sides of the solitary crow. should i stay or should i go now?
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteJust to let you know I have featured one of your inspiring creations on my blog. Hope you don't mind...
http://charlottehupfieldceramics.blogspot.com/2010/01/inspirational-mood-boards.html
It's so funny that you mention crows because I am reading this new book right now that has forever changed how I view crows. ETERNAL ON THE WATER by Joseph Monninger. They are such wonderfully unusual creatures with their own grace and beauty.
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Crafting by Candlelight
I saw this poem posted in the subway today. I was thinking that even though it is a heartening message, that the image of the crow and hemlock tree was rather grim. But I think this photo of yours expresses it perfectly! What a coincidence.
ReplyDeleteDust of Snow
by Robert Frost
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
Crow tend to stay around one area, they "get to know" the family they live by! They also love to keep shiny treasures for themselves, taking them back to their nests. I would LOVE to see some crow designs from you...I am a little partial, though, my maiden name is Crowe :)
ReplyDeletelovely flowers, i m keep looking at mayaflorist for latest flowers pictures and following your ideas to implement them.
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