13” x 21” Mixed Media Monoprint | Bailey Haines 2021
The old ways I am thinking about are mine…and maybe yours.
When I had very little but a sense of wonder and deep pockets of time, I would spend my days immersed in the wild. I would follow game trails, sketch wildflowers, swim in mountain lakes, and generally get very dirty and sometimes lost in my ventures.
These are the memories that shimmer and glow for me now in my middle life. I do and do not wish to return, knowing what I know now….But I cherish that time, idle years in which my fascination with our world grew. I wish that gift of space and time for all…where we feel held, delighted, and content with the moment.