Christmas Poem

Moment by moment
All springs forth into being.
From where does it come,
As it goes on and on;
Each single spot, and tinyness, and being, it's own,
While together makes the grand?

From the invisible within,
Where nothing is seen,
The ever font wells up
Reaching beyond the furthest star,
Sparkling it's life light.

Could we but see this start
Even if we were it.

We wish so much to know it out there.
Might we instead look within
To feel the ever springing light
 And let forth - this which must out?

And, perhaps it is always so, whether we
See, think, like, believe it or not!

We gather to celebrate the story
That tells us we are both -
Forever more and yet a moment.

Catinka Knoth
Christmas, 12/24/2010

And a papercut with watercolor background:

Download a printable pdf of this to print out and fold into a frenchfold card, (art with poem). Print on regular paper and fold in half the short way, then half again. It is about a 2 MB PDF.
Papercut and Watercolor with Poem, notecard to download
or the lightweight version, in black (grey) and white here:
black and white frenchfold notecard pdf

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 2:25 AM EST

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Another example from today's demo on holiday cards. The card is displayed on one of the cardstock sheets prepared ahead with random watercolor brushstrokes and washes

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 5:39 PM EST

Updated: Monday, 6 December 2010 5:57 PM EST

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Christmas Tree Sales to Benefit the Thomaston 4th of July Celebration

Thomaston, Maine - The Thomaston 4th of July Committee will be holding the traditional weekend Christmas Tree Sale formerly held by the fire department. The sale's new location is the Thomaston Public Library parking lot. Hours are Saturdays 9-3 p.m. and Sundays 11-3 p.m., until December 19th or sold out. Robbins Lumber in Searsmont supplied the 6-8 foot Maine grown trees. The committee reminds holiday decorators that buying a $25 home-grown tree will support Thomaston's 4th of July Celebration. If unable to make the sale dates, one may call Sally Foley at 354-6417 or Julie Russo at 691-2971 for special arrangements.

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 5:12 PM EST

Updated: Wednesday, 1 December 2010 5:20 PM EST

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Crocus

Pokes out of just cold ground
Quietly shouts the news of spring
Opens its face to singing sun,
The sign to us the world goes round.

With strength to push through dirt and cold,
It knows the sunlight will be greeting.
From deep within its core,
It feels the sun's return.

By appointment, or by sense,
It must start the rising push,
And sideways nod to us
That all is coming round.

©Catinka Knoth 4/24/2010

Crocuses  have  come and gone for awhile now. Several things have prompted me to try my hand at writing this now. My upcoming "Paint Spring Flowers!" workshop, a search for existing poems on the flower subjects we'll paint, that April is National Poetry Month, and the example of a friend's writing for spring. Try it! 

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 4:07 PM EDT

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Happy Easter!

Here is my my paper peephole Easter egg to download, cut out, color, and put together. Here you see how a friend has colored hers.

The printed side can be the inside or the outside. Make up your own design on the other side. You can use the images outside the egg to color and paste on the outside too. It just depends which version you want to peek into!

• Cut out the little oval after you color the template. This is the view hole.
  
• Poke a needle hole near the tip of each 'petal'.
• Gently roll up the cutout to form an egg shape. End panels should overlap.
  
• Run a thread through the holes, layering each petal on top of the previous.
• Tie off the thread so the egg stays closed. Tape or glue will probably work too.

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 2:34 PM EDT

Updated: Saturday, 3 April 2010 4:06 PM EDT

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