On top of a glacier
imagine a river
fall quiet
quiet
A ravenous river into the wild
You are the embryo evolving from this
moment in rainbow space
A glass edge
crisscrosscut
splits
water-covered rock from sky
both fall
into
silence
transforming roaring matter
into oblivion.
Watercolours on watercolour paper, mirror writing on tracing paper,
framed with dark blue lokta paper.
I use Beam Paints from Manitoulin Island, Ontario, an indigenous, female buisness: "Made with Manitoulin honey, wildcrafted tree sap, hand-gathered, washed, and sifted stone, and the finest lightfast pigments, the paints themselves are smooth, luscious, easy to work with, beautiful in their pure, steadfastly non-toxic simplicity."
Plus plastic free packing!
https://www.beampaints.com/en-de
Since we visited Beam Paints on the Broken Forest Tour (see postings and "kalender") in August, I have used these water colours, first for travel drawings on paper and on birch bark. Now I am more and more fascinated by the metalic glow as well as the modest, soft appearance of the colours. They became my favourites, preferably for watercolour images of my poems.
graphic poem In the Forest
For the poem, see preceding posting
Three Poems of the Unbroken Forest
