PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

May we be blessed to understand and enjoy the diversity of art

whether in a museum 

or on a nature walk….

from the artists who work on the canvases of today

to the artists whose canvases were rocks.

Before we left this morning on the next leg of our journey 

there was one more place in Spokane I felt we had to see.

It’s called the Indian Painted Rocks Trail…so before we left for Idaho

we drove to see these rocks…painted over 250 years ago.

Since Deborah is a rock painter…

(she loves to paint messages on those little spheres)

we wanted to see how the art of rock painting has changed in all these years.

It was amazing to see the reds and yellows painted over 2 centuries ago.

What they depict have been lost with time…as no one seems to know.

The artists are no longer with us…having long ago expired…

but sometimes art doesn’t need to be explained…only to be admired

Because there remains an inherent beauty 

in how these colors still bright and strong

absorbed into rocks so many years ago…have survived so long.

Next to these ancient paintings we noticed a trail…

It’s path shining in the sun

so before we left for Idaho…we thought a short hike would be fun.

To our amazement this little path…before we even had time to think

guided us through a rainbow of flowers, 

purples, yellows, greens, blues, whites and pinks.

Walking through these colors brought us joy and pure elation 

and it made me wonder if these same colors…

didn’t give those Spokane artists inspiration.

And if this wasn’t enough to leave the two of us without words

as we walked we were serenaded by a multitude of birds.

Which also made me wonder the more we walked along

if this was where the Spokane people got the inspiration for their songs.

We made it into beautiful Sandpoint Idaho…still talking about our walk…

where…at this wonderful little cabin we spent the night…

Deborah left a painted rock.

I love art museums with any kind of art…big or small.

I love to see the abstracts, the portraits, the landscapes hanging on the wall.

I suppose that’s why I love nature so much…

It’s also filled with many kinds of art…big and small.

but nature’s museum is unique…for it has no walls at all

In fact a simple walk in nature…looking around at all its wonders of creation

and you get a good idea where human artists get their inspiration.

From landscapes, sculptures, portraits, trees, flowers, animals- art so realistic… 

to when the fog descends and that same world becomes art…impressionistic.

You stop and wonder at all the art and the more you cogitate…

you realize you are walking through what artists only re-create.

Take the paper wasp for instance…they mix wood fibers and plant stems with their instinct, saliva, talent and heart

And not only do they build a nest but…they create a work of art.

If you look at paper wasp nests…you too will come to know

how wasp artists are as creative…as say…Michelangelo .

Some of their nests are impressionistic- like Monet, each a treasured piece

Some are more surreal like Dali…some more abstract like Matisse

Yet paper wasps are only one school of artists in the nature that surrounds…

What’s fun about nature is all the other artist waiting to be found.

What makes nature’s museum unique however…is not only her wide variety.. 

that she contains every kind of art you want to see

but with no walls…nature’s museum is always open…

and even more amazing…she is always free.