Once These Words
Last modified: January 11, 2013
I listened to my mirror while straining to read my lips. Nothing made sense. I struggled to discover relationships, patterns, rhythms, connections… Nothing. Lost.
After the Winds and Before Dessert … completed 12-28-12.
Everything was clean and fresh, 24 x 18 inches & detail, acrylics-watercolor paper.
From the Garden, From the Soul… completed 12-27-12.
Seeds, water, sun and maintenance 24 x 18 inches & detail, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Momentum Has Its Consequences… completed 12-26-12.
Inertia also has its consequences, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
What Was There to Think About?… completed 12-23-12.
More arguments and less agreement, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Laying Low After the Chase… 12-9-12.
The beast had seen more than it wanted, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Pole Cate in the Rough … completed 11-26-12.
The mountain moved in the wind, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
I Thought I Had Something to Say … completed 11-25-12
Reality is a unpredictable audience, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
This Was Once the Hangout … completed 11-24-12.
And then the arguments began, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Do You Really Have Something to Say? … completed 11-23-12.
Look both ways before you speak, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Headwaters of Our Roots … completed 11-22-12.
There is alway a starting exception, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Building Off of a Natural Event … completed 11-21-12.
It all starts at home and works outwards, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
We Floated Away in Bliss … completed 11-20-12.
Distant laughs masked cries of hope, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Infinity is Painless … completed 11-19-12.
I wasn't the only one to feel sad, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
No Use Watching Passing Shadows … completed 11-18-12.
Functioning at the Junction, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
As If Time Would Stop Would Stop for a Dime … completed 11-17-12.
Giving way to the parting crowd, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Negativity Has Its Place and Moment … completed 11-16-12.
For Every Action There is a Creator , 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
If Only There Were the Memories … completed 11-14-12.
A warm wind came from the east, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Waiting for the Harvest Race to Start … completed 11-13-12.
The food chain of gamblers at the ready, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Don’t Worry, Be Migratory … completed 11-12-12.
Someone is there checking on this & that, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Not Good to Have All Your Seeds in One Ground … completed 11-11-12.
Redundancy is professional and sustaining, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Of Course, Any Other Day Than Today … completed 11-10-12.
They held hands and whispered, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Day of the Rodents and Insects … completed 11-9-12.
They come and go and come, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Looking Back at the Future … completed 11-7-12.
Compromise has its pros and cons, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
strong>Why Worry – Be Migratory completed 10-6-12.
He who moves is he who stays, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
There Were No Mirrors … 9-30-12
Moment by moment life goes on, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Maelstrom or No Maelstrom … 9-26-12.
We had been here before, 15 x 20 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Uncle Reginald Doesn’t Sleep … 9-25-12.
We don't know why he doesn't sleep, 15 x 20 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Life Is Everywhere … 9-21-12.
Some call it a struggle, some don't, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Mathematical In Name Only … 9-19-12.
Here is one and there is another, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Light Side of an Asteroid … 9-17-12.
Looking for signs of indoor plumbing, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Sailing In A Crimson Fog … 9-16-12.
Security fell asleep at the wheel, 15 x 20 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Crossing the Border Incognito … 9-20-12.
The other side is the other side, 24 x 18 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Disappearing Words … 9-10-12.
To gamble hope while preaching balance, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Lost and Last Spoken … 9-8-12.
Father's daughter's first daughter, 24 x 18 inches & detail, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Looking for Lost Languages … 9-6-12.
Man who smells like burning Jupiter, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Vanishing Language … 9-5-12.
One who can't find the toilet paper, 24 x 18 inches & detail, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Syntax Salvation … 9-3-12.
Those that sleep beyond sunrise, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
22 Wizards at the Ready … 8-29-12.
This was what the training was for, 20 x 15 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Spiders Singing Along Together … 8-23-12.
Their numbers grew with the heat, 18 by 24 inches, acrylic-watercolor paper.
Stairway to Somewhere Other Than Heaven or Hell … 8-21-12.
The ascenders were dissenting, 15 x 20 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Remembering Mother’s Last Words … 8-20-12.
The night sky was now her voice, 15 x 20 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Sunrise Over Sunrise Over … 8-19-20.
Choosing freedom over safety, 15 x 20 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Waterhole Is Closing Because It Is … 8-18-12.
Individual rights trumped common good, 15 x 20 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
No Pressing Need to Go Shopping … 8-17-12.
Self became the majorities' highest power, 15 x 20 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
Reconciling the Notion of Reconciliation … 7-23-12.
On a day where lunch became dinner, 15 x 20 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
The Map Didn’t Help… 12-18-12.
We heard voices that didn't squat, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
They Came From Far Away … completed 4-25-12.
It could mean something or nothing, 12 by 16 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
The Messages were in the Clouds … completed 10-19-12.
A bigger voice was understood by all, 18 x 24 inches, acrylics-watercolor paper.
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