hint of red
Calliope fashions a ladybug while remembering their friend Barbara who once said, Every photograph should contain a touch of red. “Remember the time Barbara ran from the park to her house… and back? Seventy years of age… and she felt compelled to fetch a carafe of water… to quench a child who said he was thirsty.”
“I re-memmmm-brrrr!” Thalia’s perspective twinkles. “She was wearing a purple sundress. I was sooooo hot that day.”
Nią reads from the meaning of colors, “Red has a range of symbolic meanings through many different cultures, including life, health, vigor, war, courage, anger, love and religious fervor—” She clears her throat. “— The common thread is that all these require passion.”
Whatever you do, even if you help somebody cross the road, you do it to Jesus. Even giving somebody a glass of water, you do it to Jesus. Such a simple little teaching, but it is more and more important.
~ Mother Teresa
When we were getting our drafts of illustrations for Deb's children's book "Caitlyn's Adventure," the illustrator (Valerie Bouthyette) had added a ladybug to some of the drawings. There is no ladybug anywhere in the story, but Deb loved it. She asked if Valerie could add the ladybug (never given a name) to all the illustrations, and Valerie did, except for a couple where it made no sense (and in those cases, I extracted the ladybug from existing final illustrations and added her (him?) to the facing text page). We learned later that our young readers enjoyed searching for the ladybug.
So today, we went diving... 🕳️🐇
It was quite a journey! I don’t know what everyone else’s response to the love letter is, but for me, it often involves a trip down Internet Lane...
Here’s just one of the places today’s “hint of red” Journey took us:
https://tamsenwebster.com/what-is-the-red-thread-and-how-do-you-use-it/
We also created an art piece titled “Hint Of Red” with the accompanying explanation:
Name:
“Hint Of Red”
Location & Season:
Ancestral Lands of The Southern Paiute Nation, Las Vegas, NV • Spring 2023
Made From:
Gerbera Daisy, Peruvian Lily
Process & Story:
This “Hint Of Red” Altar is a direct result of my dear friend Gail Boenning’s 3MUSESMERGE blog post from Substack today. The title of her post? “hint of red.” What happened? 🕳️🐇
Her posts have become a regular rabbit hole for me. Today, I was also reminded of the “red thread” and the many meanings associated with this term AND I learned something new today about The Royal Navy and rope…
Ultimately, I decided if a hint of red was good then a lot of read might be Grrrreat!
Blessing:
May we boldly embrace wonder and curiosity while finding the courage to follow the path The Great Mystery places in front of us so we can discover or develop our own, personal, red threads…
If I could post a picture, I would show you my earth art. 🌎💛🎨💐🎨💛🌎