I pasted on my treasure map
the words ‘Bonjour Paris’
and a picture of the Eiffel Tower.
Be careful – not only what
you wish for, but how! I dreamed
of visiting that legendary city, but
(this was already years ago) I never
went to Paris, walked those streets
nor drove ‘with the warm wind’ etc.
But treasure maps work! Backpacker son
surprised me one day that year, with
a phone call: ‘G’day! Guess where?’
This is a true story, but the illustration is not from my long-discarded treasure map (aka vision board) but a fabric detail photographed by Margaret Bednar who, in Artistic Interpretations at 'imaginary garden with real toads' invites us to choose one of several as inspiration.
