This morning a cricket crawled across the kitchen floor It desperately tried to escape me In my gut, I knew This creature was dying and I could have oh so easily, as I have before, scooped it up and flushed it down to end it’s tiny suffering Yet, I gently coaxed it onto a piece of paper, protected it from harm under a dome of plastic, which once contained the frozen sweetness of my nightly indulgence Cricket sat stunned and blinking (do crickets blink?) as the birds gathered I knew that soon this tiny being would be breakfast to the gleaners and I ask myself why Why did I find it easier to contemplate the way a bird will snatch greedily with its beak, a fat cricket already dying? Why did I go to the trouble then, to gently coax it with my hands and my voice soothing as if it were a crying babe unable to sleep It’s okay It’s okay Either way, I carried it to its demise Why did I invest myself in offering it sweet freedom, if freedom would be so easily snatched when I removed my hand? But even as I asked, I knew the cricket was not meant to die on my kitchen floor, or down my bathroom drain One fleeting moment of freedom ripples of which will effect all beings the gleaners waiting as I turned to leave the cricket chirped its gratitude to me It’s okay It’s okay And I, one drop slid silently in gratitude, whispered my goodbye ©Cricket, by Crystal Marie
News on the home front:
Metamorphosis: Out of the Darkness
Blue Moon Gallery | Opening Reception: October 28th 6-9
Details here and slideshow of my body of collage works for this show:
And new guest artist course alert on the website:
Course opens November 2nd
EARLY REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
UNLEASHING CREATIVE FREEDOM: Expressive Mixed Media Works on Paper
Join guest artist Natalie Dadamio on an expedition to unleashing your creative freedom!
Unlock a deeper conversation and connection to the intuitive self through expressive mark making exercises.
Investigate what it means to connect more intimately to our marks, memories, and movements by exploring our relationship to energy, emotions, and intuition.