Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in
-Leonard Cohen
-Leonard Cohen
I was called to be an artist. And as an old old midwife said to me "If the Lord wants you to do something, you won't have no good luck' til you do." So, here I am, sharing what I love, longing to illuminate the work of art, which is everywhere.
Welcome to my blog about the Lowcountry of South Carolina, a place proud with beauty, history and art. Sometimes we feel a call, to be, to go, to do. I was called to be an artist, and as an old midwife from Alabama said, “If the good Lord wants you to do something, you won’t have no good luck until you do it.”
So here I am writing about what I know, about the 'under glimmer' as the poet Basho, says, the way I have learned to see, to notice. I am inspired by, and talking about the history and art and culture of this place that has called me to herself. By the ancestors.
My background includes a degree in fine arts from a small private college in Florida, and before that, four years of all girls' boarding school in Asheville. I worked as a professional photographer, helped my children grow up, and now and I love seasoned things, good food, better conversation, beauty, my beloved and beautiful Italian Greyhound, Beau. Moved by the sacred places and stories of this beautiful historic land called the Lowcountry, I am here in spirit and I hope to infect you with my love of this place.
LOVE this quote!!! Merry Christmas!
Thank you, Toni! Merry Christmas to you!
Hi Shoddy…Oh, that quote is ME !!! It’s so freeing to
know that those of us who have come to recognize that we
are “cracked” also realize how wonderful it is that we are and that the light truly comes in. Love you, Diane
Dear dear Diane, thank you for readin’ and writin’…Wishing you all the best in this new year! Love you!