The Summer Knows

The Summer Knows

 I have had summer days of many years

And wandered midst the greens and reds.

I have seen birds soar in delight

As fledglings took flight

I have blown dandelion clocks

And watched the time float on summer breeze.

I have made daisy chains

With the  jewels of summer flowers.

I have watched butterflies flutter

And brighten the bright blue skies

And tasted the joy of fruiting trees

I have listened to the music of the bees

As they buzz on daily chore

I see them now with inner eye

And feel them in my heart.

The summer knows the joy it brings

And make my heart rejoice

And forward on the path I go

To find what summer my way will throw

The things I love and the lessons learned

As ever onward I daily go.

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Towards Enlightenment

Towards Enlightenment

This painting is very similar to a previous painting I did. That one was called, “The sands of time move ever onward.”  It sold on the day of painting it.

Another person who liked this painting mentioned it to me the other day. He was so sorry he had not managed to purchase it. He went on to describe the people walking away on what he saw as a desert trail. If you remember there were not really people there but the feeling was.

Hid enthusiasm caught me, and made me do some thinking. As I walked home from that discussion I thought about walking with the sun behind. I began to think that if we want enlightenment we have to walk towards the light not away from it.

As I thought, this painting the next in the series of I do not know how many there might be flashed into my mind.

While listening to some African drum music and using my fingers I painted in a frenzy of paint. I took the paint straight from the tubes onto my fingers and mixed it on the canvas.

Is it finished? I am not at all sure. Is it good? I doubt it. But it does say what I was feeling and thinking so it speaks to me.

I offer it humbly to you.

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