This is a series of watercolour landscapes that I've been creating over the last year or so inspired by our travels and photos from other people's travels.
They are divided into two broad categories; the natural world and cityscapes.
I'm not sure why I haven't shared any until now but here are a few with a link to the rest.
Now I would love to hear from you:
Do any of the paintings remind you of somewhere in particular?
Do you have a favourite?
And finally....
A poem about being a refugee inspired by one of the landscapes and shared at The Friday Conga at Phone Credit for Refugees.
How would we keep ourselves together
If our home became a war zone?
If the skies split open with grief
Leaving the shrapnel of life on the ground?
Would we be brave enough to journey
Placing our footprints on unknown paths?
Each step a fearful hope in chaos
Rebuilding lives from the rubble?
What road would beckon us
Helping us move beyond our fear?
Would we travel lightly
Or try to hold on to all we held dear?
On who could we lean on the journey
Strangers speaking foreign tongues?
Would we learn to trust after trust has burned Tentatively smiling into the silence?
As others do, would we hold onto hope
Clinging tight to stories and memories?
When comfort eludes us in darkness
Would we sing songs passed through generations?
If courage wears thin between breaths
Would we weave threads of love?
Letting it transform our survival into life
As we stitch ourselves back together?
In this tangled web of silence
Survival will envelope us with connection
We may navigate in fear
But we will still gaze upon the horizon
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