Three Things: A Moment of Quietude Edition
I don’t know about yours, but my December has been one long helter-skelter dash. Before the full-on holiday madness begins, I’m looking for a moment of silence, of quietude. Today, I’m taking a moment to just breathe. Care to join me? If so, I’ve collected three quiet pieces to help us re-center.
We’ll be taking a break here at Hazel & Wren over the next week and a half; we’ll be back on January 2nd. Until then, be merry and joyous, folks.
M Benjamin Herndon, Brown Studies No. 14: After the Snow, 2011. Silkscreen and oxidization on steel; wood; screws. www.mbenjaminherndon.com
Laura Bell, Ferry from Adrossan Harbor, from the Alba series, 2010. Photograph. www.laurabellphotography.com
Michael Kenna, Thirty Fence Posts, Shirogane, Hokkaido, Japan, 2004. Photograph. www.michaelkenna.net
Three Things: Into the Woods Edition
As you might guess from some earlier posts, I like the woods. I like to disappear into them for hours. It’s best to not have an agenda: maybe hike around until you stumble across an interesting plant or insect, or
find a good hillside perch looking over a valley. Then you either move on or sit and listen to the trees creaking, the squirrels and chipmunks and wind rustling the leaves, the birds calling back and forth.
For those of us who can’t simply walk out the door and into the forest, here are three wooded spots to disappear into. Although I’d also recommend the real thing, next chance you get.
Rodolphe Bresdin, The Brook in the Woods, 1880. Etching. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Laura Bell, Blackford Forest, 2009. Photograph. www.lbellphoto.com
Gustav Klimt, Buchenwald I, 1902. Oil on canvas. Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany.