Ball
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
.
.
.
March 21, 2015, 5:03 a.m.
.
beginning, memory of yesterday's late afternoon
.
.
© 2015, 2017 William C. Eberle