unedited, unpunctuated stream of thought/free verse concerning the painting and its making:
(image below is detail of top right-hand area of the painting in the header of this post, in its present state)
chalazae cultivating
to somehow suspend
and span the unbounded whole
this invisible somehow
most real by its corporeality
paint is corporeal
its body a property
countless bodies touching make a line
intimating the haptic sense
in all directions
across, into, out of
back, forward
all adding up to the perfect instant
in which presence is palpable
as it has been since the first day
and will be until the last
and even after that
this living line
contains the thread that unifies
a rosary perhaps for a direct connection
with the god of all of us
and within us
this chain is in its raw state rough-hewn
primeval in the idea and in its design
conceived out of wonderment
in communion with
the rest of creation
feeling perceiving detecting an urge
to want to convey that feeling to another
to sing a song
of common ground
a living dynamic balancing trapeze
lightning spark
on life’s first day
and knowing that
with absolute certainty
we all know this
here is the how of it
without the why