I’ve been taking a class in watercolor painting, and I find it challenging. This morning I went to yoga at my friend’s house. She does a private session with a sound bath meditation at the end. During the meditation shavasana, I had a vision of billowing waves of an ocean. I wanted to capture the vision in a watercolor, but I’m not brave enough yet to paint without help. I used a YouTube video to produce the image for my poem today.
The ocean is interesting, but the sailboats…well…ew. I accidentally dribbled some blue, and one thing my instructor said about accidental spots really helped me. He said, “Make them into birds.”
My poem wanted to be a shadorma form. (3, 5, 3, 3, 7, 5)
Waves of sound
surround in seaflow
billow sails
simply free
Meditation comes to me—
whispers of owl wings.Margaret Simon, draft
For Mother’s Day, my daughter gave me a beautiful oracle deck. The card I picked today was the owl “Wisdom”.
What is inspiring you these days?
Reflections on the Teche 
Margaret, I love how the meditation shavasana brought you from billowed sails to whispered owl wings — perhaps that quiet peace that comes as a gift we don’t expect… Your watercolor is both beautiful and brave!