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Tiny Encapsulations

soul school

paint brush dabs, sweeps, blends,
offers what is here to learn:
stillness in motion

—dotty seiter

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Here to Learn Stillness
6.5 x 3.25″; watercolor and ink on paper
mood-mini
2026

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Notes about poem and art:
• In seventeen syllables, “paint brush” highlights the essence of painting, outside and in.
• Cynthia Hauk caught the outside and in of me with her Sketchbook Revival session featuring what she calls mood-minis. Painting wet on wet, the invitation is to let your color choices and the unpredictability of the interaction of water and paint reflect your inner world in the moment of painting. Similarly, once the paint dries, grab a pen and let it trace whatever calls to you in the composition. I will be creating more of these.

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4 responses to “Tiny Encapsulations”

  1. Joyful Puttering Avatar
    Joyful Puttering

    You’ve written seventeen syllables perfectly describing the joy of painting. Well done!

    And I can see why you might create a series of these mood-minis finding whatever calls to you with your pen. Learning stillness is such a wonderful concept in art and in life. Well done!

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      Dotty Seiter

      MaryAnn, thank you! I’m guessing you might experience the same thing when engaged in your many creative activities: while outwardly the appearance is of activity/movement, creative ventures open the door to accessing the always-available inner stillness. Yes?

      Stillness becomes palpable each time I look at this painting and remember painting it. Thanks for your comments.

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    Joyful Puttering

    Yes!

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    carol lee

    Poem really does justice to the process. Intuition and playing with what shows.

    I love the way the colors bleed together! You really made use of the shapes to do your  neurographic  sketch! My eye keeps traveling back and forth through the painting. That touch of yellow….WOW! And of course the vertical line of the sketchbook spine!

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