In the Catholic world, today is the Feast of the Annunciation, which offers me an excuse to post my favorite painting again.
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Why Gannet? Why Search the Sea?
- Gannet Girl
- Gannets are enormous and sleek creamy-white seabirds, with black wingtips, yellow heads and necks, and startlingly outlined eyes. They nest on the rocky cliffs of the European and North American coasts of the North Atlantic and, once grown, spend their days sailing across the ocean. The acrobatics by which they make their living ~ steep climbs into the air and speedy plunges straight into the sea ~ are rivaled only by those of pelicans. What better metaphor for a sweeping search of one's life choices and opportunities than a gannet extended above the waves, a regal and yet restless surveyor of the vast ocean surface? The gannet reminds us that life is an adventure in both beauty and profound unease, and that the sea itself is limitless in its textures and possibilities.
Gannet Way Out Over The Sea - a gift from Stushie
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7 comments:
It is a beautiful painting, GG.
Can't believe I almost missed the day! Thanks for the reminder and for the painting, which I love as well.
That's a beaut. Wish I could find the word(s) to describe how Mary looks. It's not meek. It's not timid. Reverently focused maybe? That seems awkward and dry.... Young?
Mich
perplexed and pondering... seems to be my general state of mind
My favorite, too. Thanks so much for posting it again.
what a beautiful painting, thank you for posting it. God be with you ((gg)))
Beautiful. Thank you for posting it.
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