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There will be a moment when all the mountains you have ascended that tried to bring you down under torrent and hail will be over your shoulder There will be an instant when all you have learned, all you have fought for, all your mistakes, your pains, your cold, your love, your light, all of it, melt together and you know, finally; you have arrived. In this a new fear will arise telling you you don’t have enough time to complete your painting, your sculpture, your chapters of verse, your photographs, collages and mosaics All you want in this newly arrived way of Being is to have the time to witness it all to creation’s end To catch The impossible weight of sand at the bottom of the hourglass with plenty of time to watch the paint dry.
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Oct 10, 2020
Oct 10, 2020 at 3:49 PM UTC
Arriving In Time
There will be a moment when all the mountains you have ascended that tried to bring you down under torrent and hail will be over your shoulder There will be an instant when all you have learned, all you have fought for, all your mistakes, your pains, your cold, your love, your light, all of it, melt together and you know, finally; you have arrived. In this a new fear will arise telling you you don’t have enough time to complete your painting, your sculpture, your chapters of verse, your photographs, collages and mosaics All you want in this newly arrived way of Being is to have the time to witness it all to creation’s end To catch The impossible weight of sand at the bottom of the hourglass with plenty of time to watch the paint dry.
Poem on the curious things that happen to an artist after surviving death.
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Oct 10, 2020
Oct 10, 2020 at 3:49 PM UTC
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