Wednesday, December 29, 2010

illustration friday (winter)


Harness bells accompanied by a quote from one of my favorite winter poems, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost. This poem always brings back fond memories from my childhood, before paved roads and snowplows became common in rural Hokkaido, and we rode in horse-drawn sleds to visit our friends during the New Year holiday.

10 comments:

  1. Love this poem, horses, and your etegami.

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  2. Conjures up lovely images in my head, with wonderful sounds, too.

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  3. Very cute!
    Must be great to ride in horse-drawn...

    Nice winter etegami!

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  4. Debb,

    Happy New Year!! full of great things, love, healt and happy moments.

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  5. Gorgeous piece. The poem is great too. Happy New Year Debbie.

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  6. perfectly beautiful image and choice of stanza.
    I adore Robert Frost.

    Happy New Year♥

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  7. Horses have a profound place in my life and your solution to this week's IF really touched me and made me go back and read Frost's poem. I love your harness bells and can almost smell the leather. Happy New Year!

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  8. This is my favorite Robert Frost poem. We sing it at school as a choral piece with elementary children. Brings to mind the old fashioned winter.

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  9. This work speaks to all senses and to the heart and the imagination too. It is so apparently simple, yet so perfect in lines, colors and composition, this is really great art. And I love the way you harmonize eastern and western culture.
    A Happy New Year!

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