I finished this 6.5x16 inch pastel waterscape on sanded pastel paper late last night. I love the way that bullrushes spring up wherever the water flows a little more slowly no matter how fast the river itself rushes to its destination. If the river can be seen as a metaphor for the hectic pace of modern life (and the rocks as the inevitable obstacles to the smooth passage of that life), then the small spaces on the shore where the rushes grow can be seen as a metaphor for those meditative interludes when we can step outside of the daily rush and nourish our spirits before plunging back into the rush of daily life.
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