Seein' Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard

Well I'm on my way

I don't know where I'm going

I'm on my way

I'm taking my time but I don't know where

—Paul Simon

All true:

• I'm on my way,

• I don't know where I'm going, and

• I'm taking my time.

Also true:

• This piece did not go at all where I thought it might; and

• I'm grateful to be working in a sketchbook because it frees me up to go more easily wherever a painting takes me.

Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
7 x 10"; acrylic and ink in sketch book
abstract
2022

(Parenthetical Project) 3

This, then.

The unmistakable beat

of beak on bark,

riveting me in place

to search out

the compelling provider of percussion,

my eyes and ears collaborating

in a pas-de-deux

until I locate

the whole world

in a downy woodpecker.

Where the Best Poems Grow
4.25 x 5.5" greeting card; acrylic, ink, and collage on paper
abstract
2021