Well, today I saw the remains of our apartment, my back-room studio, and the house that contained it all. We are safe and nobody was hurt. But the destruction amazes me. This was our front room. The place we sat and read, talked and ate.
This was my studio.
We are doing OK. The new place (while temporary) is quite comfortable and we have everything we need. Eachother. Family. Friends.
I'm sure this will take a while to get over and I am going to have to figure out how to save some paintings that are still wet and what to do with those that are obviously ruined. They are still incredibly important to me and will return in some strange and wonderful way, I think. Just don't know how. I keep thinking of the way a mystery man helped get my sweetie out of a burning house in the middle of the night and gave him shorts and shoes so he didn't have to watch the fire in his underwear.
I'm off to sleep and will keep you posted on this adjustment as well as more notes from my Atlanta adventure.
Take very good care and help a stranger,
Rachael
A happier image is below, a strangely beautiful mystery plant I found on my Atlanta visit. Anyone know what it is?
Posted at 10:50 pm by balduffington
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riva
June 23, 2005 02:35 PM PDT
Out of every fire comes new life. There's purification in it somewhere even in the devestation. You are surrounded by more goodness and grace than you know. We all wish you safety and healing and blessings. |
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elizabethk1@hotmail.com
June 21, 2005 12:28 PM PDT
wow....its quite a terrible thing... the only thing that matters is your all safe....you can paint more. I think you have a good attitude and wish you all the best. take good care and look to the future. best regards, Elizabeth |
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Anna L. Conti
June 16, 2005 09:42 PM PDT
Oh my god, I had no idea it was so bad! you seem to be taking it remarkably well.
It will be interesting to see how this affects your work in the next few years...
The plant is a Passion vine... they come in many colors and often bear little kiwi-like fruits. I have a pink one on my patio.
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Anne Cox
June 16, 2005 11:55 AM PDT
Dear R... Oh my. What a dramatic surprise. Yet you can find the sweet education in it somehow, and we will all benefit from what you can tell us about it. Think upon flowers now: Down here in Atlanta I grow those flower-vines (Passiflora Incarnata) by the tens and twenties. They come up everywhere... nuthin' can stop 'em.
They even make a sweetish yellow fruit. So hail to our growing, and burning, Nature, so powerful... |
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bonnie jean woolger
June 15, 2005 01:32 PM PDT
Oh my...I did not quite know what to invision it is clear than John and kitty being safe is something to be thankful for! Hang in there I know it is sad. |
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Marja-Leena
June 14, 2005 11:03 PM PDT
So sorry about your losses! Keep up your spirits, as you have.
That's a passionflower - heavenly scent isn't it? |
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