Here is one of the random words for this month. I probably could have pushed passed the initial image I had of the moon suspended in the sky, but I like the moon, so I went with it. Unfortunately not all the background colours come out in the picture, so it looks a little flat here.
I didn't just want the moon to be passively hanging in the air, I wanted it to have energy and movement. Have you ever seen birds effortlessly soaring in the sky, or someone doing acrobatics on a tightrope? If you ever get a close up view, you see how much work and attention is needed to look so effortless. They are constantly making minor adjustment to keep everything just so. And that's what I wanted to convey here, I realize the moon isn't constantly adjusting its muscles to keep a stable orbit around the earth, but that's why this is art. I can do what I want!
And what if the moon did have to work to stay in orbit? And what if it decided it wasn't worth the effort anymore, or it got distracted? Would it fling off into space? or plunge to earth? What would happen to the earth if there were no tides? Ok, this is getting far too deep for a Sunday morning. But who knew... all this from one innocent word!
