The Wilderness
I think about the wilderness beneath me as I swim the sea...especially at night. I did a large series of paintings that were meditations on a wilderness experience... elegant blue and black sumi ink fins on 12" x 12" wood squares...look like shark but meant to be Bluefish. I was swarmed by feeding Bluefish while midnight full moon kyaking...the water boiled around me...I made these paintings for almost 6 months beacause of this experience. I was thinking about how many of us yearn for a brush with authentic wilderness..but safe and clear of danger. Like viewing sharks from the Pope Mobile. Wow Mike, you had a brush with the real deal. Wilderness contact. Perhaps it was a Silkie...just as well you swam to shore..humans cannot dwell for long in that domain.
posted by Mike Halverson @ 10:05 PM
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3 Comments:
I love that story, Hawley. What's a silkie? Does it eat humans?
silkies are mermaids, right?
beautiful images hawley. has me thinking about the glorious meteor shower last night... and all the ticks that were probably snacking on me as I lay in that field. wilderness experience both extra-terra and terra firma.
Mike and Amy,
I'm so happy to know you both. I had extra wilderness experiences in Cape Ann: Humpbacks joyfully tossing about and a super pod of hundreds of Atlantic Dolphins. A local told the Bluesman and I this was very good luck. Maybe there is a whole genre of wilderness experiences that equal good bad and in between luck. OR both at the same time like meteors and ticks. A silkie is a Mermaid..usually in the form of a seal. See the film: The Secret of Roan Inish.
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