Friday, October 9, 2009

The Dance of Fall Foliage - Watercolor

Set adrift in a stream, a new journey has begun. Falling from what used to be, the knowing, the security and its life line. What began as a bud and becoming its own fingerprint on a limb. Growing and giving movement to a tree as though dancing in the forest with others. Swaying to the rhythm created by the music of the wind, or resting peacefully with no movement at all, bringing a cool spot for God’s creature to lay in the calm.

Its cycle continues even though its last dance in a tree has taken place. Swaying for the last time , a new journey begins. Falling gracefully with others, a new dance commences. No two are the same, all shapes, all colors but with the winds help, they form a flowing graceful dance as though one. It’s a dance of fairy tales, a whirlwind rainbow of movement fighting to reach the earth. Getting close at one point, only to be lifted higher and higher for another dance.

Once again a calm becomes the moment, and drifting downward to rest. Landing gently, barely causing a ripple in a crystal clear stream, they gather once more to dance. A graceful waltz, flowing in movement afloat in a stream. Sometimes dancing with others, sometimes alone, spinning and turning on a liquid dance floor only God could create. As its last dance ends, covering the earth’s floor like a warming carpet of bursting colors, it will soon fade into the ground and nourish the new, allowing the new to partake in the next dance of life.

Like leaves dancing in the wind, we all are given time to dance in life. Some will choose to watch as others dance, some will dance when it’s best to rest, and some will dance only to be dancing with no meaning. God has given us the music of life, it’s all around us, you just have to listen. Not with your ears but with your heart. So do you dance?

I choose to dance! That’s why I painted the watercolor above, to share with my dance partners in life.

No comments:

Post a Comment