Carrie’s Painting of the Week – 07/11/13
Safe at Anchor
Oil on canvas, 12×48
By Carrie Jacobson
The storms move in, and with them comes the promise of relief, a cooling off, a waning of humidity.
In these thick days, the slightest effort leaves me slick and stained with sweat. I train myself to consider it cleansing, a gift, a way to chase the toxins out. Native Americans use sweat lodges. Norsemen use saunas. This year, all of us on the East Coast simply use the summer.
Even painting raises perspiration. And it is OK. What I don’t like are the bugs, the ticks, the wasps, the huge green flies that take chunks out of me.
So I use the bug spray, and I use the sun screen, and I use deodorant, and I drink water All The Time, and I remember to be grateful.
This summer, I am outdoors. This summer, July’s heat has crept into my skin and into my bones. This summer, the long arcs of evening aren’t wasted on me. I am out in them, and savoring them, and sweating in them.
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July 12th, 2013 at 8:30 am
LOVE the painting! This new “less is more” style you are working with is definitely working for me.
Loved your description of us Easterners simply using summer. The other day it was ONLY 87 with 87% humidity. :>) But…last night it was really COOL. I turned off the air conditioner, opened all the windows wide and had to put on a light blanket. I feel almost human.