I sold three of my angels even before the exhibition opened so I have spent today making some more. I lost my mojo over the various lockdowns but now I have it back!
Making the angels today put me in mind of a Billy Collins poem, “Questions About Angels,” which I thought might be fun for today.
Questions About Angels
Of all the questions you might want to askabout angels, the only one you ever hearis how many can dance on the head of a pin.No curiosity about how they pass the eternal timebesides circling the Throne chanting in Latinor delivering a crust of bread to a hermit on earthor guiding a boy and girl across a rickety wooden bridge.Do they fly through God’s body and come out singing?Do they swing like children from the hingesof the spirit world saying their names backwards and forwards?Do they sit alone in little gardens changing colors?What about their sleeping habits, the fabric of their robes,their diet of unfiltered divine light?What goes on inside their luminous heads? Is there a wallthese tall presences can look over and see hell?If an angel fell off a cloud, would he leave a holein a river and would the hole float along endlesslyfilled with the silent letters of every angelic word?If an angel delivered the mail, would he arrivein a blinding rush of wings or would he just assumethe appearance of the regular mailman andwhistle up the driveway reading the postcards?No, the medieval theologians control the court.The only question you ever hear is aboutthe little dance floor on the head of a pinwhere halos are meant to converge and drift invisibly.It is designed to make us think in millions,billions, to make us run out of numbers and collapseinto infinity, but perhaps the answer is simply one:one female angel dancing alone in her stocking feet,a small jazz combo working in the background.She sways like a branch in the wind, her beautifuleyes closed, and the tall thin bassist leans overto glance at his watch because she has been dancingforever, and now it is very late, even for musicians.
anotherday2paradise
November 4, 2021 at 8:32 am
Congratulations. Your angels are lovely. 😍
mybeautfulthings
November 4, 2021 at 4:51 pm
Thank you. 🙂
john zande
November 3, 2021 at 11:28 pm
Good to hear!
utesmile
November 3, 2021 at 6:47 pm
That is great. The angels will be great as Christmas presents and they are just so beautiful, that is why they are selling! 3 wonderful new ones too. 🙂 I love mine! ♥
mybeautfulthings
November 4, 2021 at 4:52 pm
So glad you love yours. Two more sold today! I give all my takings to the local food bank so I am particularly delighted with all these sales! 🙂