'in the middle of the large the pond was an isle planted with willows,
weeping willows, but they didn't look sad to me.
when you swam to the island on a late summer afternoon,
you entered a place of dancing magic.
the drooping branches touching the lazy water,
the leaves playing with sunlight , the water playing with sunlight,
small light beams of sparking sunrays, the soft rustling,
i was in my late teens but i remember that place like yesterday.'
thanks dear Carole for taking me there on a wintry march day,
please have a look at Carole's blog for more willows,
have a sunny weekend
X
hello renilde
ReplyDeleteso wonderful .. I love this post. it affects me so dreamy and easily.
just magical.
Wunderful!!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a magical place! and you've definitely captured some willow magic in your painting :)
ReplyDeleteI love the illustrative nature of your work, dreamy and water loved.
ReplyDeleteWillows do seem like a place of imagination. Wonderful colors and imagery!
ReplyDeletei love willows - one of them gave me a good place, hiding and reading, when i was a child ;) not sad - giving me security.
ReplyDeletelike the colours of water in your picture.
have a nice and sunny weekend!
dania
a magical post
ReplyDeleteabout a magical place
loving the colors and sparkles
the soft branches
hmmm.....
it's all very comforting
thank you!!
love
Patrice A.
xo
Willow Island.....a dreamy place with the possibility of hearing the willow leaves weeping through the breeze. Wonderful paintiing, Renilde. xo Carole
ReplyDeleteRenilde - I can hear the rustling and smell the cool water sliding off my skin as I emerge on the willow island to join you, my friend - both of us impossibly young and tan and lovely in the dappling summer sunlight. Wonderful how your paintings tell such a rich story.
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And thank you Renilde, for taking me there on that memory too. Oh those spots of sparkly sunlight are otherworldly and over the moon. The dancing movement here is grand. The tree is like the tree of life, and the figure, aware of life. Love this!! N, xo
ReplyDeleteyou know, it's funny, but those tiny light splashes hold me enthralled. like i can see them, feel them somehow.
ReplyDeleten♥
so very romantic... trees take us into another world... your willow seems to fly... so soft and strong
ReplyDeleteI have many books by Wolf Dieter Storl, he is a great teller, are they in english, too?
x Stefanie
yes Stefanie, there are translations in english and in dutch but only a few titles unfortunately, x
Delete...and suddenly I'm in the middle of a fairytale... :-)
ReplyDeleteI hear music,
ReplyDeletedear Renilde, music of the spheres...
when I look at your fairy, wonderful painting
I am in an other world
like in a dream
a fairytale
a wish...
Thank you, Dear.
Love
Ariane.
Ha, this is a romantic underwater world mermaid fairytale of a willow dream - very special!
ReplyDeleteBarbara
what a wonderful fairytale! thank you for the summer day! :)) mano
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colours! And the story...I felt it was me swimming to that willow when I read those lines...wonderful tale!
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful drawing, so much like a fairytale, love the colours! thank you for this beautiful work, really nice! I like the water a lot...
ReplyDeleteExcellent i love the soothing colors.
ReplyDeleteOh what magic you have created! What beauty. A place for all to go to! Your painting is magically beautiful. So serene. I love the colours.
ReplyDeleteWow- I've missed a lot! This painting tells a story, moody and delicate like a dream. The poem is lovely, too; with your words and images you transported me to another world.
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