You Must Breathe Like the Trees

Stylized Pines 2014 copyright Barbara Di Lella

There is an incubation period sometimes when I'm working out a new idea. I want to be sure. Even with that, though, I have made some poor decisions. But I like this one, I like the direction it's going. I like that I can "hear" and "smell" the many images that this design is starting to convey. Anyone who has spent some time in the wilderness knows what I'm saying. 

The 

silence 

can be heard 

and 

        in amongst that silence 

is the wind 

       in the trees,

       there are tiny song birds 

      (you can hear them 

              if you stand still 

and 

  quiet), 

         there is the sound of water 

           (you must stand still, 

      you must be quiet, 

      you must be the wilderness

you must

breathe

like the 

trees.