Flustered.  Anxious.  Stressed.  Extra crabby.  These are just a few ways to describe how I’ve been feeling lately.  My freelance work is busier than ever, I’m working under a deadline for a project debuting in March that I’m really excited ( and super stressed ) about, and I’ve just added more by creating an Instagram project for the month of February!  The work of sculptor Tanis Saxby is just exactly what I need to focus on right now.. pure, flowing, and delicate, they remind me of the fragility of this life.

Life is such a delicate balance.  Too much of one thing or another is enough to set us off into dangerous territory.  How much I sometimes envy the birds and animals of the woods, how simple their needs and how instinctual their purpose!

Much of Tanis Saxby’s work is an embodiment of the vulnerability of life, the sculptures in her Flow & True series speak to the delicate strength possessed by all life and the movement and transitory forms of every element in nature.  Her Dandelion & Bone series continue along this theme, especially focusing on the ethereal dandelion seed.  The flower, often thought of as a weed, has held the wishes of many a young child ( and this Artsy adult! ).

So I plan to gaze awhile at these lovely creations and focus on the flow of good coming into and going out of my life.  There is so much more to be thankful for than to be stressed over.

To see more of Tanis Saxby’s work, please visit her website.

Thank you to artist M.A. Tateishi for introducing me to Tanis’s work!  All images are via the artist’s website.