A Heart filled with Joy.
Spring brings Joy to the Heart:
A fragrant balm to the Air:
Living on Land and Sea:
Dolphins and Whales:
Her middle name:
Is Joy. ~Ally.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. ~Marianne Williamson.
Photograph: ©Alison Lee Cousland.
Signature Spiraling Shells.
This piece also contains elements that have been used previously in my images at Steemit: Recognize the tiny spiraling shells that are often included in my rock-pool images?
One of the joys of working with water and ice as my media, is that most of my materials, like these shells and stones, and the lichen covered branches and twigs (still to come) are recyclable. After being photographed, the ice is allowed to melt and all the materials are gathered up and restored ~ The flowers are often floated in bowls of water, as simple house and garden decor.
Spring brings Joy to the Heart: A fragrant balm to the Air. ~Ally.
Photograph: ©Alison Lee Cousland.
The nature of imperfections.
A good eye will see hidden imperfections ~ A joy-filled heart will see all that is perfect. ~Ally
Initially the tiny shells were arranged to emphasize the heart shape of the rock-pool ~ But perfection slide into random disarray as soon as the ice started to melt.
Living on Land and Sea: Dolphins and Whales. ~Ally.
Photograph: ©Alison Lee Cousland.
Aquamarine and Jonquils.
Aquamarine has been called 'The stone of sailors' ~ Providing protection when upon water. It's also called 'Water of the Sea' because of its soft aqua colour. An excellent stone for uplifting your spirit and to use when meditating ~ Bringing a greater peace and serenity with the wisdom to see truth.
Jonquils signal the arrival of Spring and in the northern hemisphere are considered to be the birth flower of people born in March. I guess that would also mean that Jonquil is the birth flower of people born in September in the southern hemisphere?
When life seems to become a little overwhelming ~ It's a good time to let yourself be intoxicated by both Jonquil's visual beauty and perfume. Feel the joy this can bring.
And if you start to feel that this world is traveling way too fast for you and that life can never be quite the same again, the healing essence of Jonquil will allow you to accept this as 'Just the way it is' at this time ~ However its vibration will also help to ground you so that you can 'Slow down and smell the Jonquils' and then 'Go with the flow' to move more confidently into the 'Unknown.'
Her middle name: Is Joy. ~Ally.
Photograph: ©Alison Lee Cousland.
About my work.
Relatively small assemblages are built from flowers, weeds and plants and combined with other natural materials that I find in the local bushland or surrounding urban streets.
During the creation of these pieces ~ The process is incredibly magical. Thoughts of anything else are silenced.
I literally fall in love with individual pieces of nature that I'm using, as well as how the different elements greet, merge, compliment and/or contrast with each other.
Hundreds of photographs that can't possibly capture the beauty I see with my eyes are taken at different stages of the arrangement. Then ideas/thoughts/words that come to me, as I look at the resulting images give form to a new expression ~ Short 'poems.'
A fuller description is in my introductory article: The Heart of Immortality
I really enjoy receiving comments and questions about my work ~ From people who may see and add another dimension from their own reality. So if you have another layer to add ~ Please do.