Conceptual Journaling: water

Photo by Morag, 2007

Water has many symbols, there are too many to elaborate in one post.

 The next series of drawings and poems are extracts from a conceptual journal 

I created in 2006.

Water carries many symbols.

Drawings by Morag Noffke, chalk pastel & poems collated onto one page.
It has an translucent overlay on  which  I wrote the poems, 2006.

Water
trickles
cleanses
splashes
gushes
carries
and overwhelms.


Spray
glistens
reflects
refreshes
and quenches.

The next poem speaks of my origins, the way my parents came together; 

the way life unfolds and opens up, enlarging as it goes.

One single droplet of rain

is the source of where I originate.

One single droplet of rain

and the action consummated.

They come pelting down

each colliding together.

They come pelting down

making my river bigger.

I am the droplet, I am the river, chalk pastel by Morag Noffke, 2006. 

Water
I thirst.

Water

I drink.

Dew

drops
peacefully,
sending out ripples.

Ripple effect

in my life.
comes crashing,
splashing and splitting -
making changes.

Dew drops ripple

ripple effect changes,
changes my life:
I thirst, I drink and I am satisfied.

Changes, chalk pastel by Morag Noffke, 2006

After these drawing, many changes occurred in my life. 

It could be that the writing and drawing helped me process what was going on; 

that by expressing the issues my insight and quiet conviction grew.

This gave me strength to grow through the changes.

Everyday Art: The goose laid an egg.

11,5 X 8,5 cm, The Goose laid an Egg, Pen and water colour, by Morag Noffke 22.08.11

When passing time by doodling and painting I fall back upon symbols I have enjoyed thinking about in the past. Geese have become one of my internal friends; one of the many properties (symbols) which have been included in the fabric of my life.

Nests are symbolic of nesting, germination, incubation, brooding, nurturing, etc. You will notice that this is one of the many  themes to which  I return. That shall suffice for now.