ARTISAN OF WORDS


I am an artisan of words
Which I sculpt, chisel and fashion the way I can;
I am a creator of worlds;
I pour my emotion into the poems I write.
I breathe life into them, blow them skywards
And finish them only when they sound right.

These remnants of thought without reason
Will remain on pages season after season
Long after I'm gone; when my task is done
The love, the longing, the pain
Will be evoked then by somebody else
Who in turn will remember and write again
To create another slow soft song
That people can read and draw into their hearts
Then pillowed by words, cushioned by dreams
My poems will ride high the moonbeams.



Copyright: Rani Turton 2007


Thursday, November 20, 2008

Chrissy's Cat

CAT AT THE BOTTOM OF A GARDEN....AND VOILA A WORK OF ART!














"I started to paint again after many years of not doing anything. I wanted a nice flower and couldn't find a good image for my cards so I painted one. Then I started to paint fairies and elves for myself. This one was from photograph taken by Andy, I love this Kitty. She isn't ours but she appears at the bottom of our garden for all the world like a little fairy. She is very petite and pretty. I have kept this painting for myself. I mounted it nicely and put it in the kitchen, I always said it made it a little like a french cafe, she has the french "something" indefinable ... and I love France and the people. If anyone is reading from the bar a few streets down from the Sacre Coeur with the collie dog that hates motor cycles, hello from me again ":-D




http://chrissys-oil-paintings.blogspot.com/


Chrissy was kind enough to transmit this fabulous painting of this lovely cat (worked in water-colours and gouache) an allow me to use it in this blog. Going through Chrissy's blog is an eye-opener. Luckily for us, she loves France so who knows? she might visit! In the meantime go through her work, it is really lovely.

Copyright: Painting of the cat: Chrissy Stone

By the permission of Chrissy