Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Running the darkness in...

Untitled
Mixed Media
5" x 5"

Untitled
Mixed Media
5" x 5"

Untitled
Mixed Media
5" x 5" 
Fall runs in the Puget Sound carry with them all of the poignancy and drama of their transitional place between the naked freedom of a Northwest Summer, and the glittering glow of Fall's monastic sister, Winter. The images of running darkness in - from day to dusk to quiet night - is what inspires much of my work.  Transition. Contrast. What is left and what is taken.  What is found and what is given.  The emotional imprint of moving through the world. 

Here is a little verse I wrote last night after a particularly beautiful run that fed into these tiny paintings today:

Gold leaves, medallion faces
Shine up, whispering the way.
I run the darkness in,
The sun a seam beneath the grey.
The purple sky behind me,
Folds a darting cat into her sleeve- the flashing glow of taillights, a distant orange-red beat. 
A perfect run- 
a gift - a dream.
5 minutes or a lifetime - 
to move, to live, to breathe.

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