A brand new yearWhat adventuresWill there be? I have a list a mile long,How much will I accomplish In 2023? It gives no promisesYet lots of possibilities. Will there be new glimpsesInto old questions? If I take the blocksAnd rearrange themWill it bring new answers? Just a turn of the headCan bring a new perspective.NewContinue reading “2023, what will it bring?”
Author Archives: cherylmcdonald
Free Will
Now to this pencil painting called Free-Will. It is about making decisions for ourselves and letting go of the stories of my Christian upbringing which were always a challenge for me.
Trust
“How much do you trust what you can’t control? How far on to the target are you willing to go?”
Buddha Moon
This piece, Buddha Moon, captures a need in me, and maybe you as well, to have a place to go to rest, rebuild, and renew
Almost Only Counts In Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
Many people resist the dreams that haunt them and settle for safe and comfortable.
It’s Holiday Shopping Time
Have you ever heard of Artist Sunday?
Holding On to the Last Mask
If you could shed and be free of your masks, you were more self-aware and unattached from binding social structures. You were “Free to Be”.
Life Goes On
This pencil painting, “Life Goes On” was done in 2015, which is about mid-point to this sojourn I have been on, and is part of the “Left Hanging in Space” Series.
The poem I wrote yesterday captures the sentiment and repeats that spark of hope.
Worn
Something about being dressed up makes me feel complete.
I’m not talking about putting on a facade or mask, which of course could also be a characterization of being “dressed up”. I’m talking about stepping in to your best self at this moment.
My Heart
This pencil painting and poem are called My Heart, are another in a series on vulnerability.