Hope Is The Thing With Feathers

Artist: F.A. Moore
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Hope Is The Thing With Feathers

Hope Is the Thing With Feathers

Collaboration between Isa Rodriguez and F.A. Moore,
combines similar images created by the artists separately, and at different dates, with no knowledge of the other. The likeness was so uncanny, they simply needed to be married in one piece. The separate elements are Bird Comfort by Rodriguez and Rain-I by Moore. Poem by Emily Dickenson.

Please see Isa Rodriguez’s unique variation of this collaborative work.

FEATURES

2009-12-12 Hope Is the Thing…, w/ Isa Rodriguez in Dimensions
2009-07-07 Hope Is the Thing…, w/ Isa Rodriguez in PEACE, LOVE & TRANQUILITY
2009-07-07 Hope Is the Thing…, w/ Isa Rodriguez in Bits and Pieces
2009-07-07 Hope Is the Thing…, w/ Isa Rodriguez in ImageWriting

Thumbnails of the Originals

Rain – I by F.A. Moore

Bird Comfort by Isa Rodriguez

The Collaboration Story
Isa suggested we marry the two similar works, after I messaged her about the uncanny similarities. Isa also wanted to incorporate a poem.

I created this original from the two original artworks (Isa’s and mine, linked), mine was a bird with an abstract raindrop, and Isa’s was a bird in the sun! Isa agreed that the Emily Dickenson poem that I selected was perfect, Hope Is the Thing With Feathers. The work came together rapidly.

You can see the morph occurring in the second frame, where Isa’s translucent bird shows my bird’s face and feather details through it. The birds were literally the same size, as were the raindrop and sun.

Isa has taken my original, that you see here, and added a fractal and coloration for her own special version, on her page. We each digitally signed our versions. And our signatures also appear over our respective artworks in this piece.

I think I speak for Isa, too, when I say that this collaboration, merging two artworks to one (and then Isa’s further modification), was fun and rewarding; but the biggest benefit was that it bonded us as friends. —F.A. Moore

Digital Graphic Artwork, by F.A. Moore, July 2009, collaborating with Isa Rodriguez.

Hope is the thing with feathers,
That perches on the soul,
And sings the tune – without the words,
And never stops at all.

And sweetest in the gale is heard,
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I’ve heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet never in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

-Emily Dickenson

Hope Is The Thing With Feathers belongs to the following groups:

! Inspired Art !, ABSTRACT DIGITAL ART AND WRITING, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Core [C.O.R.E], Dimensions, Freedom In Words & Art, Freedom to Shine, Friends of RedBubble, ImageWriting (2/24), in-between and Visual Collaborations (No Writing) Available for sale as

Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints and Framed Prints

Hope Is The Thing With Feathers by F.A. Moore

F.A. Moore

Must be viewed large. This is a really large work, 3335×8000, in order to morph the artworks. Even the large version on RB is small; but it will look better than this. Thanks! :)
Isa Rodriguez

Frannie!!. what a delight to have worked with you !! this work has been one of friendship and work , and comfort for me . and I thank you with all of my heart.

this is so beautiful , it is so hard to place it in words.. love you for what you did with our works, and big bravo on this beauty !..

and thanks to the lovely Emily as well ..

xxxx

ooo

Isa
F.A. Moore replied

Ditto is too easy to say. It was such a pleasure. I left a longer comment on your page about it.

When I saw your “Bird Comfort”, it amazed me that our birds were nearly identical in size and that my raindrop and your sun were nearly identical in size and shape. So I ran-n-n-n to tell you!

But you were the one who immediately suggested a “marriage between the two”. I think the marriage is working. :)

I do want others to know that the middle bird is your bird, with opacity set down so that my bird can be seen behind it. Don’t they fit perfectly? What’s a little switch of the tail feathers? lol.
Isa Rodriguez

you know what. this poem reminds me of you .. you are hope to me :).. a pure friend .. thanks

the circles look as glass.. the birds are twins .. the flowers , I can feel them .. the words texted so perfectly .. thanks again my friend
F.A. Moore replied

Sweet words, Isa. I have been meaning to ask what kind of bird you photographed that day on the monkey bars? Mine is a baby mockingbird. Yours looks something like a blue bird. What was it? Even though they are different species, they are twins here. Such a nice thought.
linaji

omg..the best of the B E S T.. you two are so much a part of my daily heART HERE AT RB!!!!!!!!! this is fantastic collab and the design just blows me away!!!
congrats and FRICKEN WOWOWOWOO!!!
F.A. Moore replied

Fantastic, Lina. I’m so high from this. Isa has been fabulous to work with. We had more fun, even through the hinks. Thank you!
DevineDayDreams

wonderful collaboration!!! Congrats!!!
F.A. Moore replied

Hi, Daisy! Thank you so much. I hope you have seen or will now see Isa’s take off on this. Subtle but with her own special sauce.
HansBellani

This fusion is….................fantastic
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you, Hans!
Ushna Sardar

great F.A! xo
F.A. Moore replied

Happy weekend, Ushna, and thank you! :)
Isa Rodriguez

Oh .. this becomes so much more real as I see you have added the thumbnails , which following, I will do so to .. as I read I am smiling, and when I finished the last sentenced i sure did smile .. because that is my thought too, we became friends here, what a true blessing . I couldnt think of a sweeter way for two artist to meet . This then remains always.. Hope is the thing :) . so precious , and di you know I did not know you had placed our two in the middle , and they just looked as though they were sort of mirrored, I always though it was your mocking bird,lol.. and one more thing .. yes, mine is a mocking bird. ..weeeee.
F.A. Moore replied

Really! A mockingbird? No wonder they matched up. Two baby mockingbirds. Now that is something. One with rain and one with sun.

It’s your mockingbird; look at the tail; it’s down. Mine is just showing through yours. Once I got them matched up in the first frame, where yours has the lower opacity; I put yours on the top layer in the middle frame and adjusted opacities, until it had the effect of showing mine’s head and wings through yours. But that’s it. In the third frame, it is only your bird.
Susan Kimball

Oh so cool you two getting together to produce such wonderful art!!!
F.A. Moore replied

It was Isa’s suggestion. At first, I was like, “What?”. ;)
F.A. Moore replied

And thanks for favoriting, Susan!
F.A. Moore

I want to thank everybody for the favorites so far. Lots of favorites. And it feels good.
tkrosevear

What a fabulous collaboration ~ great job ladies ;) xoxox ♥
F.A. Moore replied

Thanks, Tk, it was fun.
Cora Wandel
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you, Cora!! Yipee! Always a great honor with ImageWriting group.
bev langby

beautiful work and words a delightful combination ….........
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you for visiting, Bev, and saying so. :)
sunshine0

Gorgeous work! Congrats on your feature!
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you very much!
PPPhotoArt

wow what a gorgeous collaboration, wonderful work and congrats on your feature!!!
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you, PPPhotoArt! Very much!
F.A. Moore

We just got featured also in Bits and Pieces.

Thank you Sally Omar, Carlotta Peacock, FlowersEtc., and Gail Bridger, hosts of Bits and Pieces for featuring Hope Is the Thing With Feathers.

I am so honored, and I’ve talked to Isa and let her know of the great news.

http://www.redbubble.com/products/configure/11616733
F.A. Moore

And Isa’s version got featured by Sisters in Arms! Yay!! Go see Isa’s version and read her take on the story.
Isa Rodriguez

hello again >> :D
featured in Peace , Love and Tranquility
F.A. Moore replied

OH WOW, So it is, Isa! Congratulations. A shared honor! :D
Thank you Peace, Love, and Tranquility!
happyfeet5

This is a gorgeous collaboration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is so delicate with the delicate flowers and colors and of course the birds. It is poetry in motion. And the poetry just melted my heart away. This one blew my mind away. I am so proud of this one, not only because you worked on it and you put your best effort in it, but also, because the collaboration is with my baby cousin Isa. And she does not consider herself a writer. Wow, what she wrote on that page really knocked me off my feet. You see, her father was a poet and composed music. So, she says that she doesn’t really take after him in that. But she proved herself wrong. Maybe you would like to see my comment on her page. Any way congratualtions to both of you. Sure glad to see friends work with each other and creating other things in the process. Iris
F.A. Moore replied

Iris, so now I know that Isa is your “baby” cousin. :)
I very much agree about Isa’s talent with words, and hope that everyone that comes here first will go read Isa’s pearls of wisdom and straight talk that accompany her version of “Hope Is a Thing…”. I love the special sauce Isa put on it!

Thank you so much, Iris! :D
Barbara Brown

I love it Fran!! I use this poem often because of the message of hope that we try to instill in our clients!! Lovely!!
F.A. Moore replied

It is a wonderful and beloved poem. So simple, yet profound and uplifting. Thank you, Barbara. You stopping by made the night more special.
happyfeet5

The reason I’m here in RB is because of her. She asked if I could help her with the writing in her pieces, like poems and so forth and joined in. I’ve given her some poems, but have noticed that when she makes comments or writes to me she really writes, but keeps telling me how her father wrote and composed, that I remind her of him in that aspect, though he was not my uncle, my aunt is her mother, (but I loved him dearly and he treated me as I were a real niece). Now with what she wrote, I was amazed. She said that it was I that inspired her. I had told her before that she probably had the talent, but that she had to let it out. Maybe she’ll be writing her own poems from now on. I’ll be proud of her even more if she does. Iris. P.S. Thanks for collaborating with her in this one.
F.A. Moore replied

It was my pleasure to be invited by Isa to collaborate. I love when you and Isa collaborate on works, Iris. May the tradition continue. Thanks again.
happyfeet5

Thanks, and if you need any kind of help with writing or poetry, I’ll be honored to help. And no need to put me in as a collaboration. I’ll just help.
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you, Iris.
FlowersEtc
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you, FlowersEtc. That is such a beautiful flower in the featured banner. I’ve shared with Isa about the “Bits and Pieces” feature. We are both excited and honored. Thank you very much!
FlowersEtc

Thank you for reminding me about Isa. I sent her a featured banner also, I don’t want her left out.
F.A. Moore replied

We are sharing in the excitement and honor of either version getting featured. Thank you so much, once again! :D
A. JILL GAEBEL

Isn’t it the coolest thing when something like this occurs? I’ve had it happen with other artists, too. Turned into a wonderful collaberation. Congratulations to both on the feature!
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you, Jill!
Helene Kippert

Wonderful composite – congrats to you both! :o)
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you, Helene!
Kseniya Beliaeva

nice artwork!
F.A. Moore replied

Appreciate it, Kseniya!
RajeevKashyap

Fantastic Work
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you, Rajeev; my first thought is that it would be challenging, because my original artwork is somewhat under-exposed, if you will, and Isa’s had an over-exposed style. Very opposite styling. But I was pretty happy with the outcome of the concept merger.
Carol Berliner

Perfect! Instant favI looooove it!
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you, Carol!
webbie

This a beautiful Collaboration between you two..love the way it came togather…just pefect you 2:) huggggz
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you, Thelma. Just love Isa and her beautiful personality.
silverstrummer...

Wow – What beautiful artwork and design outstanding! So much hard work and effort by both have been put into this “Grand Design” such beautiful words that go so well with your art. Congratulations on a beautiful collaboration! Congratulations too on your 3 features which is only the start ….......... this is worthy of many more to come! Inst. fav. for me. – David
F.A. Moore replied

Thanks, David! Isa’s version, with her own “special sauce”, also has received 2 features. Between us we have 5, and we’re so happy our friends and new acquaintences are enjoying it. :) Thank you!
Songwriter

I so love this FA. Such a wonderful collaboration. :0) Song
F.A. Moore replied

You are so kind to me. Thanks, song. You know it was fun.
fullcirclemand...

STUNNING collaboration! Great minds thing alike:) xoxox
F.A. Moore replied

I guess… how about that. Hope you’re feeling better. Thank you! :)
annk

This is beautiuful and enjoyed viewing..
Kind regards. Annk
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you so much, Ann, for coming by. :)
PhotoAvenue

Such a beautiful image…nicely done :-)
F.A. Moore replied

Well, thank you very much!
micklyn

That’s wonderful! well done, both of you!
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you, Micklyn! :)
terezadelpilar

wonderful work and friendship shown through a work of art:)
F.A. Moore replied

In fact, Isa and I became friends through this collaboration process. It was great. We’re working on another collaboration now. Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Tereza.
DebbieSteer

STUNNING CONGRATS TO THE BOTH OF YOU, JUST BEAUTIFUL
F.A. Moore replied

Thank you, Debbie!
Ellen

Beautiful done, very creative!
Margaret Harris

You are so talented Franni…beautifully expressed..very creative!!
marieangel

loving your atr and writing Fran Hellox
DevineDayDreams

saw this flying by and had to comment again, this is such a stunning piece of work!!!
Sharon Mau 8 days ago

Aloha Frannie, it is a beautiful conceptual work of art. I love the feminine elements and lovely soft pastels.
F.A. Moore replied 8 days ago

Thank you Sharon.
Sharon Mau 8 days ago

If you add it to Dimensions I could feature you side by side with Isa’s lovely version :)))
F.A. Moore replied 8 days ago

6 hours later, I’ve now done so. I must have just gone off line when you wrote this kind offer. Thanks, Sharon.
eoconnor 8 days ago

how lovely a creation of your two minds in sinc. It turned out so well ,you have become friends ,beautifull ,something to treasure always LIZ
F.A. Moore replied 8 days ago

Yes, we have, and since then collaborated on other projects, too. Isa’s a treasure.
F.A. Moore replied 8 days ago

And thank you! :)
AnnDixon 8 days ago

Fabulous image, excellent work,
F.A. Moore replied 8 days ago

Ann, thank you!
Sharon Mau 7 days ago
F.A. Moore replied 7 days ago

Sharon, thank you. So sweet to feature both versions.
Tatum Wulff 7 days ago

What a beautiful collaboration and a beautiful work of art!!! It’s amazing how it all came together!! Wonderful to read about.. and congratulations on all the features.. so well deserved! :)))
F.A. Moore replied 7 days ago

So sweet to say, Tatum. Thank you. :)