Stand like silence...

This piece started life about 3 weeks ago and has been added to and altered every few days since:

I think I'm finally happy with it-- or at least I'm scared to mess it up at this point.  I always think, "Law of diminishing returns..."  Plus, I think it looked good sparse.  If I were to recreate this, I might just add dried bits of nature to the bottom and none at the top, or even vise-versa.

Here is the quote:

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.

Now, if this isn't the personification of "Old Autumn" (the season, not my blog friend), then I don't know what is.

Supplies and notes:

• Framing mat scrap as backboard, inked with Black Soot at edges and Tim's StampAnon Ledger Script for detail
• Folded old encyclopedia pages to mat the main panel
• The main panel is photo paper inked with Adinondack alcohol inks, then blotted with blending solution through Tim's StampAnon Honeycomb stencil. Recollections brads affixed to the corners.
• "Old Autumn" is from the recently released set by Tim inked with his mixed media palette 
• The black flowers in the corners are wood-cuts by Recollections, painted with Distress Crackle Paint in Black Soot then rubbed with DecoArt Metallic Lustre in Gold Rush 
• The dried sunflowers and grasses are from my yard, and the oak leaves were picked up from a large blue oak in Chico during late summer. 
• The yarn is from Tuesday Morning 

I will share this at the following challenges:

• Anything But Cute
  
• Stamps and Stencils: Elements of nature
• HLS October Mixed Media