Art is in the the eye of the beholder

The ice storm indeed wrought havoc nearly everywhere in Ontario and reshaped the Christmas celebrations of many... including us here in Rockport. On my walk arounds in  Rockport during it... I found icy art sculptures in every nook and cranny in the village. As is often the case in life, there exists a strange paradox in dire situations such as these. Being able to see both sides requires an open mind to look beyond the obvious to reveal accompanying beauty. But I realize was well... that the dire side of one's situation has to be dealt with before one can consider any other side of the coin. Fortunately, mine was less dire and less prolonged.

I well remember great periods of cold and deep winter of my early childhood. One parallel memory from my early life that strongly remains with me is the profound wonder I felt when I would go window-to-window in our warm home in awe of discovering the frosty... complex geometric etchings on each. What miraculous works of art they were... to my young eyesthen. And that sense of awe and wonder has not been depreciated at all...even after all  the years. Now ... I realize more than ever...it is wonder that most shapes my own view of my world and that directs my creative energy and interests. Could that be true for all artists? Are we merely, as sc-fi writer Ursula Le Guin suggests in this quote: "The creative adult is the child who survived."

 I wonder.....

Here are some of the icy wonders that Mother Nature created... and that I enjoyed and photographed. Perhaps you might enjoy them as well. So, I am passing them along... without comment to you for your enjoyment... and use... should you be so inclined.

                                             Two glorious wonders at work: ..." Fire n' Ice"

"I believe that wherever you find the profane, can the sacred be far behind?"
-Douglas Coupland, Canadian Novelist

Remain warm and safe...
Good Painting... and looking... to ALL!!