diamonds and shadows
soft amber washes
spread in layers
of no substance
across snow
ethereal existence
distant agent
invisible
except as
painterly effects
flickering through my consciousness
as I move past and always
deeper and deeper
into its art
push glide push glide
North
then West
through the woods
shadows softening
disappearing pricks of light
all around
original artist
teaching complex
mechanical trade
color and light
a billion degrees
of difference
between
brilliance
and none
between pure light
and darkness
and always the meaning
of contrast and shade
the lines
not a single reality
but a thousand
the background
endless
muted
detail
precision of broad brush
and thin
economy of time
and change
captured
then
gone
revered sage
so near it’s a ball
dangerous
to look at
directly
and
teaching
always
teaching