TODAY'S PAINTING------a mandala for keeping cool ----and some cool jazz.

'So Cool.'----acrylic on stretched canvas18"x24"

This time of the year here in Malta is that time of transition

in terms of the weather. Each year I face the same predicament.

Our flat faces north and is cold; round the corner, the apartments face

 south and a totally different scene weatherwise. There it is hot!

Not just hot, -very hot.Walking out becomes difficult

as to what to wear.Start off with sweater

and soon perspiration is pouring.Wear a sun top

and on returning to the flat I am rushing to find warm woollies.

On off, on off is the theme.------

However soon, and suddenly our flat will betransformed,----

it becomes very very hot! You see as well as facing north 

it is also a penthouse, so during the summer months

 the sun beats dow on the roof relentlessly.Forgotten are those

cold winter days spent longing for the heat

now it becomes an even stronger longing for those cool

autumn breezes.We humans are a contrary lot aren't we?

Never satisfied!

Anyway, I'm taking the positive approach and getting ready.

Hot pinks and reds in the sittng room are now being

replaced with soft greens to cool the atmosphere;

and this applies to paintings too.The mandala painting above

can simply be enjoyed or used as a  focus

for meditation.So if the heat grows to unbearable heights

I'll just 'switch off', slow down, and take a lovely cooling trip into

 the centre, where I can bathe in the waters of imagination

and enjoy a refreshing, revitalising peace.

and then, maybe a little cool jazz.

Ad just incase I am sounding ungracious and ungrateful

please know that I am talking lightly -not

over-seriously. Look at this morning's sunrise,

with its shades of pink melting into a silver sea.

How could I look at this beauty and not feel from

deep in my soul a gratitude for the wonderful

blessings of nature?

Mo.