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Day 21 of February’s 30-Day Creative Gathering

Day 21, 3 x 4.25 in.  watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.
Day 21, 3 x 4.25 in. watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

The roots of all things are holding hands.
When they cut down a tree in the jungle,
a star falls from the sky.
— Lacandón proverb

Love what you do and do what you love.
Don’t listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it.
You do what you want, what you love.
Imagination should be the center of your life.
Ray Bradbury.

I have spread my dreams beneath your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
William Butler Yeats

2022 Creative Gathering, Day 20

Day 20, 4 x 4 watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.
Day 20, 4 x 4 watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

Drifting across the vast space,
silent except for wind and footsteps,
I felt uncluttered and unhurried for the first time in a while, already on desert time.
Rebecca Solnit

Loving someone who
doesn’t love you back is like hugging a cactus.
The tighter you hold on, the more it’s going to hurt.
Unknown

Day 19 of February’s 30-Day Creative Gathering

Day 19, 8 x 8 watercolor on Fabriano paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.
Day 19, 8 x 8 watercolor on Fabriano paper. © 2022 Sheila Delgado.

I was fighting with this one, and then I realized why it was not working. I was not using Arches paper. You can see in the sky, how spotty the paint settled. In the cactus as well, but the texture works there. I did nave fun with the saguaro. But I always do. Haha.

I’m like the trunk of a cactus…
I take in a dose of culture and time with friends,
then I retreat and go live on it for a while
until I get thirsty again.
Nancy Horan

The canyon country does not always inspire love.
To many it appears barren, hostile, repellent –
a fearsome mostly waterless land of rock and heat,
sand dunes and quicksand, cactus, thornbrush, scorpion, rattlesnake, and agaraphobic distances.
To those who see our land in that manner,
the best reply is, yes, you are right,
it is a dangerous and terrible place.
Enter at your own risk.
Carry water.
Avoid the noonday sun.
Try to ignore the vultures.
Pray frequently.
Edward Abbey