I lay in bedCool sheetsBeginning to feel the warmth left from last night’s sleepAnd the night before that. I assume the positionThe one I call dreamFlat on back, arms at side, palms up, and fingers under thighsI am ready. Dreams are elusiveHard to summonAll the wishing and hoping doesn’t make it any easierNevertheless I want. TheseContinue reading “In Bed”
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Reflections on Tusen Takk
The month of April afforded me and my friend Angela Saxon to be the Artists in Residence at The Tusen Takk Foundation. The month of printmaking there was a super rich exploration into my creative process as it relates specifically to making monotypes that have been become such an important part of my current bodyContinue reading “Reflections on Tusen Takk”
Even Snowflakes Lose Their Will
The rain was trying to not be snow today.Eventually it lost the battle and gave in.Big at first, flakes attempted to reclaim theearth it held captive all these months. The snow was not ready to admitthat it is already April. Not today.Wet grey air filled with frozen hexagrams,falling but their chilled hearts weren’t into it. IContinue reading “Even Snowflakes Lose Their Will”
Haikus of the Art of It
1.Art is a challengeAlways worthwhile to pursueNoble task indeed. 2.Landscape in my viewTrees, hills, sky, and dirtMy paint covers all. 3.Bended knee held tightExtended toe touches downSketching the balance. 4.Drawing an ideaBirthing a new universeNoble task indeed.
Haiku for the Fifteenth
Prepare for AprilNothing but death and taxesOf that I am sure. RoyceDeans.com