Fain – happy, inclined, pleased
Today I am happy to be participating in weekWORD again. I even have a nifty little sidebar badge from Carmen. See? Click on it and you will be whisked away to a portal that will track the current weekWORD and host. Go ahead, click over there and take a look. I'll wait.
Good. Wish you would play along with us. This week's hostess is Carmen at Tails of a Biomouse, a blog well worth reading. She has chosen Quixotic [kwik-sot-ik] for this week's word. It means:
- resembling or befitting Don Quixote
- extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical,or impracticable.
- impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.
What I like best about weekWORD is the places it can take you creatively. Of course quixotic made me think of windmills (ala Don Quixote)... which made me think of wind... which made me think of "winds of change".... which made me think of all the changes this period of my life holds: friends moving away, a son recently married, a daughter leaving for college, my youngest actually taller than me at 12(!).... but other things, as well.... still mourning the death of a good friend... all the physical changes that start happening around 40 (yes, it's true!)... And even yesterday I got word of a really, really good change that is about to happen (more on that at an appropriate later time), but still it's change all the same.
So, here's my representation of this week's word below. I drew first in pencil on regular drawing paper, then outlined with a Micron pen.
Next I scanned her in, added color with Photo Shop, and then recolored and pasted in the quote I handlettered from earlier this week.
I'm planning to color the original now that I have it safely scanned in, but I'm not sure what media I'll use yet. I also think I'll print this out, frame it, and put it somewhere to remind myself in the midst of all the change of this season of life to remember what I know to be true - mainly that God is still on His throne (as a good friend used to tell me) and that He is good.
Oh! I found this great, great, GREAT quote from Catherine the Great (ha!) on winds of change:
"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache."
Is that not wonderful?!
Click over to Carmen's to see all the other links to posts on this week's word AND to find out who next week's host will be.
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Great take on the word Belinda and good to know you have some positive excitement in your life! Love the image and its meaning too "Winds of Change" I like it!
She is fantastic! I am always envious of amazing artists like you. I've been trying to draw a cute Junebug for my redesigned site and, well, it isn't happening. :-) I am in awe of your talent.
Fabulous take on the weekword! I love it! It would be a good thing to have in a book of meditations! Excellent!
I'm probably hosting this week. But I haven't been playing for a while. Do you happen to know if we've used the word Tenacious? Conundrum> Capricious?
That is a great interpretation of the windmill and quixotic. You manage to capture so much in a line drawing and the perfect amount of color.
I think everyone already said what I was thinking but really, it's a beautiful drawing! I'm so glad you played with us and hope we can entice you again sometime soon. It's been hard to catch up with everyone, but I'm really thankful I took the time this morning to really read into several of your posts-I so enjoy your writing and pictures and spunky nature :)
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