Instructor's Note:
Here is a great theme for us: looking to art, and specifically painting, for guidance as to how to look at what is around us, things which we often pass by as not worthy of our own art.
When I look at this painting, I can feel the crisp, cool air on my skin. It gently whispers on my not unpleasant goosebumps. I can smell the salty sea all around me, inhaling the calm. I can hear seagulls calling to each other as friends do. I can feel the wet, clumpy sand under my feet and between my toes.
And when I finally open my eyes, I breathe deeply. I am home. When I’m here, all my worries and pain and disappointment fade into the background, just out of reach. While not eliminated or forgotten, they take a step back so that I can take a step forward. I get a reprieve for just a little while. And it feels amazing.
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