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| THE LETTER Digital Collage |
What warms your heart on a blustery wet weekend?
The weather here in the Eastern part of the US certainly is reminding us
that a seasonal change has taken place. The leaves are slowly adding vivid hues
of gold and orange to their pallet. The constant rain of the last several days
has added a bone chilling dampness that is difficult to shake off.
This feeling of restlessness and foreboding was just what I needed for our
next Lunagirl Moonbeam Challenge:
Gothic.
The selection of images available are bewitching...dark, moody, and brooding.
It was hard to choose, but I decided on a lovely woman wrapped in a cloak
clutching letters close to her heart.
Instantly I was transported back to "The Dark Arches" of Granary
Wharf in Leeds, England when eclectic shops and restaurants were part of the
underground life in the Victorian tunnels beneath the Leeds railway station.
In a small
shop window I saw a magnificent black hooded cloak...with a story even more
fantastic. A man had it made to order for his wife as a surprise gift. The lining
was a deep violet satin embossed with roses, her favourite flower. Near the hem
of the lining was hand embroidery intertwining their initials caressing a
single rose. The cloak fastened with an antique silver rose clasp and a single
silver rose bead graced the tassel. The ardent gent was going to bring his wife
down to the Arches later than evening and casually stroll past the window,
knowing her heart would do back flips when she saw it. His plan was to get her
to try it on and then say..."It's yours!” She was his universe.
I often wonder about the couple and their life after the cloak. Seeing the
Lunagirl image made all the romance of their story warm my heart.
The collage used several Lunagirl images: the woman, the background, and the
letter I added to the papers in her hands. The remaining images are from my
conventional and digital collection.
What does warm your heart? Is it a letter, a gift, a kind word, or knowing
that you are the Universe in someone's life?
