In the silent Linden : this blog is a diary about my - Barbara Beeckmans - work as an artist. I work with ink, drypoint, etching, watercolour.
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Monday, 8 August 2011

the Bird - two prayers


this wounded bird still sings a hymn
of beauty
surrounded with prayer



wounded birds haunt the blogs these days
Dori met this one

and at the same time, my bird only became a bird, this bird
lying on his back in these hands
because our cat caught my brush while I was painting
and made some marks that I could only shape into a bird
the eye of this bird is only the cat's work
not mine


this ink painting is also a prayer
I thought the figure at the left side was praying
but now I see it's the other one
completely immersed

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3 x words from you and me:

  1. Thomas said,for him the wounded bird is a symbol for the wounded nature.

    What a wonderful black/white painting full of harmony and virtue! I love the two faces. They are full of love and feeling.It is like a Japanese painting. Like Yin and Yang.

    A cat is painting the eye of a bird: this is a shimmer of paradise!

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  2. Such simple brushstrokes, such powerful paintings!

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  3. The wounded bird is a symbol of everything that is of real value, that is fragile and still full of hope.
    Real value means : for the spirit, for humanity, for nature.

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