Tree

Véro just got a beautiful tree tattoo. I've always wanted a tree tattoo, too! But instead I settled for a leaf...

For a while I wanted a tattoo resembling this painting*, but I just didn’t want something so big. So I might just stick with having this painting on my wall…

Un arbre a besoin de deux choses : de substance sous terre et de beauté extérieure. Ce sont des créatures concrètes mais poussées par une force d'élégance. La beauté qui leur est nécessaire c'est du vent, de la lumière, des grillons, des fourmis et une visée d'étoiles vers lesquelles pointer la formule des branches.[...]

Un arbre est une alliance entre le proche et le lointain parfait.

Erri De Luca (Trois chevaux)

*"Skywatcher" by Susan Seddon Boulet

Living Creatively.

I should be more creative.

Starting with this blog.

Or maybe with one of the gazillion art projects I have for our home.

Drawings

Marc Johns is coming out with a book! I want it!! I love his witty drawings almost as much as I love Calvin & Hobbes. Ok, maybe not that much, but I still think they're great.

Art on my body

I've wanted a tattoo since I was young. I think it's a good thing we have to wait until we're 16, or 18, to get one, because even if the ideas I had when I was younger lasted a really long time (and I thought I would never tire of them!), I still wouldn't want them tattooed on my body now.

But... I finally decided to just take the plunge, fully knowing that when I'm 40 I may not like my tattoo as much as I do now.

I thought I'd tattoo something that represented me. I thought a tree would be a great symbol: it represents growth, and learning, and my love of nature. But really, I cannot think of one thing I am more passionate about than books. So... no, I didn't tattoo a book on my body. But I had an artist draw a beech leaf on me, as (a) it's a part of a tree and (b) etymologically speaking, the word book might have its roots (ha) in the word beech.

So voilà. It looks a bit like this:

As for the placement, there's a good reason why it's on my foot. It's therapeutic, in fact. But I'll write about my feet some other time...