GALLERY / JOURNAL / WANDERINGS
JULIA MITTON
OF DUSK IN GENERAL
NICARAGUA
SOMETIMES I GO OUT ON A LARK
Follow a path that isn’t obvious
Pursue a feeling that is as fragile
As a bone-china teacup sitting high and forgotten On an antique store’s shelf
The light comes through that thin porcelain
The cup has the translucence
of the old cashier’s hand
Of an unplugged lovesong
Of dusk in general
(Fragile & fleeting, dusk ought to be considered with gentleness)
When I consider, with this quiet care,
The dying light of a day
And think about unanswerable questions
I think about how if I didn’t sometimes
Wander away into the sunset
I might become inert with sadness
A sadness might grow, like moss, over my immobile branches
I might stay this way, embalmed in the slow-growing beauty
That is an oil-painted pear
That is aging
That is the great settling down into the earth
But I surf, therefore I move
I move, and watch, and move some more
I think of nothing, feeling everything
Connected to the slightest shift in the ocean’s surface
To the shadows in the water below me
To the sound of water under my surfboard
I observe no looping mind
No jumping thoughts
No turbulence
When I get out of the water I always feel
Like I’ve been to the truth and back
I let surfing answer the unanswerable questions
I catch the waves and carve little pathways into the ocean
Trying to follow them all the way to shore
sliding along with my feelings
Considering them with gentleness
AS THE LIGHT FADES
Born on the east coast of canada,
I Live between marseille, arles & the pays basque
i think i was sri lankan in a past life
so i also live there in my heart
COLDTOES GALLERY
COLDTOES IS an ODE TO MY FIRST DAYS OF SURFING
TO THOSE VERY FIRST INITIAL MINUTES? DAYS? WEEkS?
WHEN YOU CAN BARELY WALK BECAUSE YOU JUST DISCOVERED FLYING
WHEN YOU CAN BARELY TALK BECAUSE YOU JUST HEARD THE OCEAN SPEAK
WHEN YOu're your falling in love
IT WAS late december
in my homeland, nova scotia
There was snow on the pine trees, icicles in my hair,
And my toes were very, VERY COLD
coldtoes gallery is starting with heather.
It's not the first time I've shown an artist's work
or produced a show,
but it is the start of something new
it's the start of linking my two loves: surfing and art.
i guess it was only a matter of time until they met.
coldtoes will feature the works of the inspiring surfers & artists
i meet here and there
the work not necessarily surf-focused at first glance,
but from women who are creators
with a love and AN undeniable need for the water
Work on exhibit at chardon from april to november 2023
37 rue des arenes 13200 Arles
WORK AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE VIA COLDTOES GALLERY online store
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