Hide and Seek

It was the day we laughed so hard

we made the irises bloom

I was five

it was cool

we were running like cats

a game of hide and seek

happiness all balled up in our hands

shooting out of us in shrieks and bellows

I'm a tiger

she declared

and I decided I was too

a fearless tiger

with nothing to do 

but chase the wind

they say it whips you in the face

but this isn't how it works

if you run hard enough

the wind bores right into you

I don't remember anything else

except the smell of the ocean

sweet as ice cream

the wind carried the rest away.

Instapoem by bentlilly.

I have two versions of this painting. The original is posted below. I like this version (with a digital filter added) better. It's still a work in progress. I've started this painting and gesso'd over it three times now so it may end up back in the gesso pile. ;-) Here it is in the raw state (no filters):

Meh...

The poem was my inspiration, though. If you've been following my site at all you know how much poetry and music inspire my art. I stumbled upon the bentlily site through Susannah Conway's website. She's awesome in her own right as inspiration through her photography, courses, etc.  She mentioned the bentlily site on one of her posts so I had to check it out. You create your own instant poems by filling in some prompts. This was the poem from the introductory prompts. Check out the site; it's pretty cool. I've also signed up to receive the daily poem. ;-) 

I'm offering this for Paint Party Friday. Have a great weekend everybody!