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Donna Drouin
Donna Drouin’s practise is one that is continually exploring her relationship with nature; this is where Donna draws her inspiration and connects to God most deeply. Donna utilises her skills in printmaking to examine often over looked details and symbiotic partnering in nature. Her abstract landscapes stem from her collated plein air drawings capturing the light and movement at a point in space, the patterns and textures in fields and the bright colours on midsummer fields.
Her poetry has been in development for the last few years waiting hidden and only recently has she taken the courage to share these works.
TO BE STILL
Find a place outside with no people
A place with a view
A hill, a bridge, a farmers lane, a forest, a park
Stop there, stand very very still, talk to God and then when you’ve run out of talking.
Be quiet.
Just look around, see,
Observe
Watch for a bird
Watch for a rabbit running accross a field
Listen
Listen to the air
Hear snow drip from branches
Hear rain on the inside of your hood
Breathe
Breathe in Gods creation
Smell
Smell the leaves
Smell the earth
And notice
Notice the details
Concentrate on a fallen leaf
Enquiry slowly a folded edge
A corner , the colour
Notice snow melting in your breath, a grass blade sway
Touch
Touch the snow watch it melt
Look at its reflected beauty
Think about its temporaryness
Smell it
Taste it
Watch it be blown from tree to tree .
Now you are still
You haven’t moved
Your breathing has slowed
Your body has relaxed.
Take in the colours
Notice the light
See the reflections.
Donna Drouin 2020
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