On the road last weekend, heading up to a friend's house, we passed fields of cows. It was strange blustery weather, blue sky in patches, storm clouds gathering, snow showers interspersed with drizzle. The cows were oddly spaced, not gathered in herds. I began to see them as game pieces. So here's a kind of magical realism journal page.
I love love love how you did this landscape. Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteHAd you just seen some cows and dogs who seemed to be playing chess? What IS it with these animals right now??
ReplyDeleteVery cool!
ReplyDeletecowchess? i love your gameboard, gwen. fun.
ReplyDeleteStrange - I have a field of cows from September to April every year to gaze at from my bedroom window - I was thinking only this morning of the way they had arranged themselves........it looked like some kind of square dance going on here in Northern Portugal on a lovely sunny morning.
ReplyDeleteThanks, all you cow fans. I like the image of a cow square dance, too, Lin! Nothing beats living near cows. There is a herd that rotates into the field behind our house every few weeks, and I always love hearing and watching them. One time I made a map of their movements over the course of a day.
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