window dissolution 1

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window dissolution in pastel mode (2)

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rain in the summer garden

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elementals

For the elements brought forth abundantly
The living Soul in glorious forms; and every one came forth,
Walking before her Shadowy face and bowing at her feet.
But, in vain, delights were poured forth on the howling Melancholy!

William Blake

for Susan Kruse, in homage to her work with rain, wind and fire

light rain

A Master-Painter, in the Sung era, had the habit of climbing up the terraces of vineyards, equipped with a flagon of wine, and of passing the day mildly drunk, staring and meditating. Do you know what he observed? Clearly a spectacle, since he was a Master, and a Painter. The commentators say: "That he looked for the bond of light joining ultimately once and forever joy and life, life and joy," and they mocked him for being a drunkard and a lunatic.

And yet, this inebriated vision, this piercing gaze, this clairvoyance can replace for some people -- to whom you belong? -- all the reason of the world and of the god.

I invite you then simply to see. I ask you to forget everything about you; to hope for nothing further; and to regret nothing.

Victor Segalen, Paintings, pp 3-4