Easter... a time to slow down and muse a bit... or get hands-on maybe?

Easter for me has often been a quiet time in recent years... by choice ... with many away for a five day break the world seems to become very peaceful! In the southern hemisphere days are growing shorter ... so its autumn and, depending where you live, the time to pack away summer things! Not so much in Queensland though!

In fact ...we're off to the beach in the hope of a little sunshine and swimming... and beach walks. Missed out over our summer of the "Big Long Wet" but maybe this break we'll get to see the waves!

I recently bought a camera so my task this weekend is to get used to using it and downloading images on my  return. Also ... finding the box and manual it came with... these past few weeks have been flat out! One doesn't realise quite how much you can come to depend on grabbing the camera and downloading an image till a hiccup like this... spontaneity goes right out the window and blogging images of late have been "found".

However they've been wonderful images Ive been finding! Just miss having that camera for another set of eyes ... that's the thing... to capture passing moments ... noticing things for later.

So... what to say about Easter....

love the life death-life-thing... the ancient pagan festival to spring.... but we southern-hemispherists (OK ... you know what I mean!) dont have the symbolism of new life coming through... so the death part of the cycle is more evident here.

Australia is made up of so many different cultural groups so Easter to many simply means not working, shops closed and perhaps a break somewhere.... hard to say how its perceived beyond the chocolate buying.

I'm really drawn to this ovoid form below... Anish Kapoor... it's my symbolic gesture to Easter this year!  The other images are finds from tumblr that I just posted at Seed Capsules if you wish to go see all of them there - or visit the archive  perhaps!

Anish Kapoor’s Minimal Maximus

For some reason I have adored getting stuck into painting at Easter over the years ... I guess the spaciousness ... life slowing down for a few days...

If you need inspiration for getting hands on at Easter then this might be the image for you! I was stopped in my tracks... loved this!

therhumboogie: Human spirography, Tony Orrico makes these stunning drawings for 4 hours sometimes to make one large piece. I think they are just an amazingly beautiful feat of patience. 

in a somewhat similar vein....

ordovicianfauna: Fingerings by Judith Braun

well... hands on ...feet on... etc...

ordovicianfauna: Drawing Machine #1 by Joseph L. Griffiths is nothing without some human interaction.

If you do a spot of gardening... and the inspiration strikes....

nadyawasylko:100 shovels arranged in a radiating circle on a brick wall at Pratt. The sculpture is by Donald Lipski, “a protean surrealist who uses common materials and other objects [and] gives them new meaning…deconstructing our usual connection with the objects.”

And maybe you have a few repairs to do and that leads off on a tangent... 

magnificentruin: Günther Uecker Zum Schweigen der Schrift 1994

well I seem to have found things to share with you that require an element of every hands on making...

morganlevine: More string art (by Ella Robinson)…the next big thing.

perhaps you'll get into the kitchen and bake... mmm... that s good thought! I'll bring the teapot if you do!

But if you do get out the paints I wonder what you'll work on...

                                                                                               this is intriguing...

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I'll leave you with this colour chart for natural dyes in case you are inspired when Im off at the beach reading a book!

found at mirror-mirror blog - the blogger is not a big
Martha fan...but did go for these eggs using natural dyes.

well I guess its happy easter from ....

you know who...

and Happy Celebrations and/or relaxing etc from moi!

And before I go... here's a thought with some gravity,

 from Rumi:

Be with those who help your being.
Don’t sit with indifferent people, whose breath
comes cold out of their mouths.