{"id":1329,"date":"2024-05-30T15:51:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T23:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2024-05-30T15:51:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T23:51:38","slug":"1277-the-fairyland-in-bodega-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=1329","title":{"rendered":"1277. The Fairyland in Bodega CA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1277.-The-Fairyland-at-Bodega-CA-_blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1330\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;1277. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariko-irie.com\/fairylandbodega.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mariko-irie.com\/fairylandbodega.html\">Fairyland in Bodega, CA&#8221; Oil painting by Mariko Irie<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This location is at the Estero Americano in Bodega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I went to paint out with the group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/701769737907884\/\">West County Plein Air<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we got to the location to paint, it was extremely windy. If I went there by myself without this group, I would just turn around without painting to go home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, I just decided the place to paint: I looked for a big tree to block the wind. It was better than nothing, but wind was blowing under the tree to get me constantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was hard to move, I surrendered to find somewhere better. The time was limited as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The awfully strong wind took my mind away, just holding my painting panel on to the easel, and paint and paint till finished. I just wanted to finish the painting and go back to the peaceful warmth of the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After I got back to being comfortable in the car, it was so quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then it flashed my mind which is training in being hit by a waterfall for Spiritual unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They stand under a tall waterfall for hours to do meditation. Water is noisy, cold and pain to body.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I experienced how to focus on what I\u2019m doing without future nor past, just being present through this paint out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a great experience for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m looking at this painting now, I feel so tranquil. It doesn\u2019t recall the strong wind at all, looks like \u201cFairyland\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to everybody who coordinated this paint out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariko-irie.com\">www.mariko-irie.com<\/a> #oilpainting # mendocino #naturelover #artlover #california #art #fineart #californiaartgallery #northcoastartists.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This location is at the Estero Americano in Bodega. I went to paint out with the group, West County Plein Air. When we got to the location to paint, it was extremely windy. If I went there by myself without &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=1329\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[20,88],"class_list":["post-1329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paintings-watercolor-oil","tag-bodega-ca","tag-the-estero-americano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}