Wow!  It has been quite a while since the last Collaborative Art Journey, AND since I've posted anything. So, here goes.  It's time!

My Entry for @Everlove's Collaborative Art Journey #40 titled "As Above, So Below"

Sometimes with these Collaborative Art Journeys I don't have a plan. This was one of those times.  I decided to just start playing around with the original image. 

In case you haven't seen it, here is the original image:

What is it? 

Ripples on water? 

Window blinds?

I see canoe paddles, laid in a row.

The close-up view of an expandable file?

Well, whatever it is... I started removing some of the greens & yellows.  I added some pink. I ran some light blue stripes down through the pink... hmm... It was almost starting to look like an american flag, but with different colors. 

Maybe I could add some stars? 

Or - maybe my forget-me-not flowers from one of my paintings...?

I tried it. I erased some of the background of my painting. Seemed pretty cool. I added some splashes of blue & some yellow spots in the lower part. Eh. 

I was thinking that maybe I would just crop off the lower section... 

I tried layering the original photo back over the top and strategically made parts of it  transparent or erased completely to show the forget-me-nots below...

At some point, the lower area started reminding me of watermelon. so, I went with it. Accentuated it.

Voila!

What do you see?

You could say the seeds of the watermelon correspond to potential new life, future plants, mirrored by the blooming forget-me-not flowers.  But, for me, for whatever reason - the upper part reminds me of a pond with lily pads - even though they aren't lilypads at all. And, with that in mind, I am reminded of all the times I used to take my daughter (years ago) to feed the ducks at the pond.  We fed the ducks strawberries.  I know - strawberries are not the same as watermelon.  But, hey - that's what it reminds me of.

Thanks for starting these Collaborative Art Journeys again, @Everlove!  I'm seeing that not many have responded yet.  But, give it time. Even if the old gang doesn't surface right away - I bet there are a whole lot of new artists out there who are lurking. Come join us!!  Here is the link to the original post.