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Timeout for Art -An Insect’s View

06 Wednesday Nov 2013

Posted by Playamart - Zeebra Designs in ART, Costa Rica, Ecuador, NATURE, PAINTINGS: WATERCOLORS, TIMEOUT FOR ART - Quotes, TRAVEL: LATIN AMERICA

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An Insect's View, details in nature, Large beautiful moth in costa rica, Large beautiful moth in Ecuador, Painting butterflies and moths in watercolor, Painting Flowers in Watercolor, silkmoth, Timeout for Art

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(Detail of an oversized bookmark for a friend who left for an extended visit to the UK.)

“Nature will bear the closest inspection.  She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.”  – Henry David Thoreau

One of September’s Timeout for Art posts (Find the Pot of Gold) tapped into the above quote, and hopefully many of you were able to “slow down and inspect what’s lurking nearby.”

This past week presented many opportunities to take an insect’s view of nature, and I never regret time spent at eye level and absorbing those details. Continue reading →

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