The prompt or question for the day was, why do you write? Â Brian is host today, and he has asked, why do you write. Â I am a visual artist, but I often write about what I am doing, in hopes I can be clear about what I am doing, and can then judge what I am doing.
One Day in the Life… (Day/Night)  22″x22″ each  gouache on w/c paper
A Day in the Life…
To try to put into words
What we do as visual artists
Is a difficult task
Perhaps we are trying to answer
The whisper
The loud voice of thunder
The cool movement of wind
or…
To determine the character of the day
In this series
A Day in The Life…
Each day I study
The New Mexico landscape
I ask myself what is the
Quality of the light
The color of the sky and the land
What is the difference
How does this day
Differ from the day before
Considering one day at a time
One hour at a time
One moment
Which becomes the next
I make notes in my journal
Later …
Select an entry
Try to interpret
What I have written
Into a visual statement
Making the invisible
Visible
Many thoughts
Feelings and
Sights
Are present to each of us
In the space of 24 hours
I try to make visible
One moment of the day
Which will stand for the
Character of the total day
Time passes
Visibly before my eyes
I work intently
Painstakingly
Like the spider spinning it’s web
The finished work unknown until complete
I work to create the visible statement
Indefinable in words
Matching it to the
Interior landscape
That is known only to me
To my artist self
Expressing living thoughts
Of varied experiences
Memories
My own changing
Points of view
My goadl is to tell the story of a man
Based on one moment of his life
annellannell 
Perhaps we are trying to answer
The whisper
The loud voice of thunder
The cool movement of wind…smiles…that is the magic…an i think you add a bit of the practical side in this as well…the story of man…yes, i think i try to tell a bit of it as well…smiles…
bring this to OLN tomorrow…it would be great…
I’m pleased you like it. This piece only referred to that series, A Day in the Life…
I try to write and update, just to see if I am on the same path, or have I veered into a new direction without knowing.
Annell Livingston HC 74 Box 21860 El Prado, NM 87529
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This is beautiful, Annell. I like the idea of making visible one moment of the day. ONE moment is all we have, isn’t it? But it is so hard to capture sometimes. You do it so well with your visual art as well as with your poetry. I also have a deeper understanding of just HOW you create from this poem.
“Making the invisible visible.” Oh that is a wonderful line, and explanation for art. I really love your blue painting, Annell. Most beautiful.