Visual Writing Prompts: The View From a Window

A Rainy Afternoon

The August Break 2014 prompt for August 3rd was “Window.” It was pouring outside, and I thought the view of the garden from the studio might be interesting.

I’m fascinated by windows, the way they frame the view both outside and inside, the way light and dark play with color and shape. Many of my paintings featured people, cats, and plants backlit against a window. I’ve spent a long period of my life as a semi-recluse, on the inside looking out. I don’t hear very well, so I of...