Objets Trouvés, VIII

When you write, 

do you really think about limits

and try to love them?

I really do. 

If I’m not assigned a limit

for a column or an essay,

I invent one. 

When I’m, say, writing a novel,

I set a word limit 

for each chapter

so I have a clear sense 

of how much time and space 

there is for me

to get done 

what needs to get done.

—Michael Downing, Still in Love

In Willingness to Risk
4 x 5" greeting card; acrylic, ink, and oil pastel on canvas paper
abstract
2019

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