It’s been months since Marissa Bridge and I came to the end of our weekly blog collaboration: her thirty six orchid paintings from bud to naked stem, with short essays by me.  Next Saturday, we begin again, but this time, instead of art, language will be our initiator.   I intend to choose a weekly word from the Oxford English Dictionary, and use it in a short essay.  In turn, Marissa will match what I write with a piece of visual art.

This practice is our commitment to creativity, but were it not for you, our followers, it might not happen.

In appreciation,                                                                                                                       Stephanie

(Photo by me in Bali.)