Portrait of Sone
Me and my sweet friend Sone decided that our creative task last week was to have a long~distance Portrait Party.
I'm now a portrait party fan, with my sketchbook accompanying me to pizza parties and mother's day morning teas.
There was something really beautiful about doing a portrait of one of my dearest friends. I wanted to draw her as I see her, my dream~sight of her highest self shining like a priestess in the forest. I quite fell in love with the vision that emerged, just as I quite fell in love with her when I first met her. It was a feeling of "Oh... It is YOU... We are going to be on a long journey together..."
And I dearly love seeing through her eyes, how she sees me. She did this portrait from how I looked the first day she met me ~ the day I married myself. There is something in her creation that is tender, vulnerable, lost but sure that makes me see myself a little differently.
Portrait of me by Sone
The other day I was on a programming course (hilarious, I know),
and the tutor said to me over lunch:
"What are you so happy about?"
and I looked outside, and the sky was turquoise and the autumn leaves were scuttling along the walkway,
and I replied
"Because I'm here, and it's pretty much the best thing ever."
With friends and art and a world like this,
what's not to love?
Bright radiant Thursday blessings
gifted from my hands to yours,
Leonie
6 comments:
Lucious Leonie . . .
it is my dream to do this with you one day.
You are a miracle my sister.
love
tonica the sweet.
I didn't realize you were back! YAY! You're back!!! I'm settling in to read some more! It's lovely to have you here again, I am so grateful for your words!
Awww - thank honey :D Its so cool to see the two pictures near one another!
xxoo
i posted both portraits on the portrait party just now. thanks for sharing them!
pg here..
you doth rocketh my worlde
(i'm in a medieval frame of mind...)
Because I'm here, and it's pretty much the best thing ever.
I'm gonna use that. That's just genius!
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