To me, the painting is very poignant, mystical and mid-nighty. It felt a little bit sad and reminiscent of another time. This woman is thinking and remembering. She is not doing… not walking… not even present. It is almost as though she is up in the clouds, and thinking about something complex and past. My tea started with an emotion and some words…“Midnight” and “harmony.” I used to spend summers up in Maine where I enjoyed foraging for earthy treasures I could use to create beautiful flavors with. This painting brought up metaphors of foraging for things that can only be found in the back yard of your mind, memories you have the ability to harvest yourself. This character is certainly foraging her own life and is in a place of discovery. I felt an evening tea, rich herbals, many textures, fig and layered ingredients percolating in me. I played with notes of black berry leaves and ginger but nothing astringent or overtly strong or caffeinated. I picked up on some of the reds and used rose petals and after about 30-40 trials I was content with what I had created, imagining a person could drink this and want to wander into their past as this woman is, looking into complex memories and imagining the possibility of a sweet hopefulness and harmony over the horizon.
About The Tea: I felt evening tea, rich herbals, many textures, fig and layered ingredients. I played notes of black berry leaves and ginger but nothing astringent or overtly strong or caffeinated.. I picked up on some of the reds and used rose petals.