Hello Lovely

and allow their quiet beauty to work magic on

our souls, yes?

Slow inhale. The still life.

Gentle exhale. The still-er life.

Hmmm. I feel called to slow down,

and I guess I'm taking you all with me,

if that's okay.

Please do visit this slow living ditty

 posted the other day if you missed

it since it is sort of a primer for

our journey into a slower lovelyland,

with more stillness and intentional living.

What makes it a still life?

It's a work of art typically depicting common

objects of life such as fruit, flowers, vases, etc.

By the late 16th century, still life painting emerged

as a distinct painting genre, and today, still life

work can involve 3D mixed media, found objects,

video, and sound.

Art buyers LOVE still life, and is it any wonder?

The inanimate objects are frozen in time

and seem to whisper "look closer...look

at all the beauty hiding in the mundane."

I have a background in psychology and

psychotherapy, so I see a paralell

between the popularity of still life

with art buyers and the habit of

Pinterest users to largely pin photos

without faces in them (unless the face

is say Channing Tatum)...we humans

seem to need to project ourselves

into the scene.

*removes psychotherapist hat*

Let's get  lost in still life lovely...