these colors and textures
wild nature
brambles thorns
trees some already gone
leaning or
the largest
still standing tall
a stream
a torrent with a lot of rain
gentle now
on this middle May day
such a coming together
of different colors
scenes some might call ugly
piles of brush and branches
a rotting woodpile birthing mushrooms
but the artist sees differently
sees everything as one big canvas
and is mesmerized
by each brushstroke
each detail
captured
perfectly
in a trance
of noticing each place out there
and imagining the artist’s process
until a bee
flies into the picture
buzzes around a nearby
empty chair
around a tree
and gone
struck then by the idea
that the canvas is a movie
instantly re created each moment
in every direction
with motion and action
revealed as the frames
fly by
and the artist laughs
and is grateful for the artistry
of existence