Colour and Balance

Artist: Ruth Van Egmond
Victoria, B.C.

Art works of the 

great or humble, 

adult or child arise 

from an inside 

space that no one 

can see even after 

colours dry on 

canvas or paper. 

Whether oil, acrylic, 

water colour or crayon, 

vision made real and

whole in brush strokes 

or bold stars and curves ~

art works to be cherished 

and hung on an office wall 

above a row of chairs

or mom’s refrigerator amid 

a collection of fridge magnets. 

Colour and balance lives.

“In art, the hand can never execute anything 

higher than the heart can imagine.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quiet Easy

 

Becoming a person 

in this world full of 

discord and aggressive voices, 

a person who wants 

the noise to be softened, 

is easy.  

Become the person 

who turns off the TV and 

all the social media voices, 

and steps outside where 

the juncos chirp and chat.

Maybe a squirrel chitters from 

his perch as a car splashes by. 

Becoming a person who enjoys 

life in the real world 

really can be a quiet easy.

“The lesson being that in life you control what you can.”

~ Michelle Obama, Becoming

Foot Work ~ Balance ~ Theme for April 2025

Becoming a……

Art works of……

Long days with…..

A vision of…..

Nuances that shape.....

Cresting a…….

Eternally grateful…..

“Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.”

~ Epicurus