A painting and a poem

This is a watercolor, colored pencil, and pen painting of a hill near my house. Below is a poem. They are both about a sensation of heart-aching desire. It is my entry for ART EXPLOSION 21: DESIRE. I promise in the future I will create new art for this contest but until I change jobs I don't have a lot of time or energy for fresh art! But that is coming soon! Neither of these are anywhere else on Steemit.

About the painting: I thought this bird I saw was an Osprey but i came to learn later it is called a Kite, which is actually so much more fitting with the image I made. The background paper is from this oil and gas surveying paper that i salvaged from somewhere. When I hike up there, I often feel this expansive, pining feeling of desire for a better connection to nature and myself. It has a great view of the city, and the colors are always so pretty: golden grass against blue sky, gorgeous sunsets, ponderosa trees.. birds.. if you look closely you can see more of the pen detail in the bird.. i cant quite seem to get a good photo of it and this painting is too big to scan.

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This poem was written about another hilly area around here. It is a much more forested place, and I used to live up one of the mountains which create this canyon, in a tiny cabin with only a wood stove and no running water.

I recorded myself reading it aloud and reccommend you listen as you read!

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Love in Pattee Canyon when I was a Red Headed Witch

What one should do is burn love. Put it in a pellet stove and light the pellet stove on fire with a blow torch and melt the pellet stove. Before that, one should stuff the chimney with pine needles. Before that, one should be wary of water. Before that, one should say goodbye to the house. Before that, one should stand silently in the grass overlooking a deep valley, and pray for the smokestacks below. And spot a moose. And an overturned car. And smile at heartbreak. And take baths in the afternoon while Love goes around town putting kindling in everyone's hands.