Llonyddwch (Stillness)

Description

A Welsh word comes to mind when I contemplate this drawing: Llonyddwch. It means ‘Stillness’. In a chaotic world, the river brings me peace. It’s only when the river slows down at the end of the summer that we get to experience reflections like this. At this moment, nature is winding down for the year, in a slow dreamy dance . Growing season is over, and the yellow Aspen leaves are starting to float down through the air, and then float slowly downstream. There is unity and order in this vision, reflections balancing above and below the shoreline. And yet the most subtle disturbance –  a raindrop perhaps, encourages us to see beyond appearances.