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About ANN BONESTELL
the
Artist &
the
Work
Throughout my many years as an artist, I have often struggled
to accept what I have come to know as the fallow times. Unlike
the farmer who chooses to leave a field to rest between plantings,
some unknown farmer always seems to make that decision for
me, without considering me or my plans, forcing periods of rest
and “not doing” between times of creativity.
Such is the place where I find myself today, seeking to
understand and find peace with some unknown illness in our
own House of Light. This fallow time, unexpected and (dare I
say) unwelcome, is certainly inconvenient. Yet, as I begin to tell
its story here, I realize that in my disappointment over the work
I was unable to complete, I nearly missed something: this little
light-filled offering I share here now, inspired by a class with Lyn
Belisle, a simple gift to bring a smile and perhaps a hint of warmth
in this cold time of the year when all of nature (in our Northern
Hemisphere) is at rest.
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