Thursday, July 31, 2008

Atmospheric Questions

(Mt. Fagan Sky July 26, 2008 Acrylic on Canvas by kathiesbirds)


Can I ever grasp this great expanse

this wide vault,

this atmosphere?

I reach to hold it to my breast,

I fling my arms towards emptiness.

Why do I want to gather it,

this wide expanse of openness?

~Kathiesbirds (July 25, 2008)


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15 comments:

  1. Your pic captures the incredible sense of glorious space and depth in the sky! lovely!

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  2. Thank you Greyscale territory. I hoped it would.

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  3. Wonderful! Both painting and poetry. You're a gifted person!

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  4. Again, a refeshing post for Skywatch Friday!

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  5. Really personal and enjoyable post!

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  6. wow that is very nice on both photo and poem

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  7. The wonder of a spaciousness as this beauty allows room to let your feelings flow openly in such privacy of space. Lovely painting.

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  8. Marvelous, Kathie. Thanks for being an inspiration.

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  9. I feel like I'm there with you.

    Cookie

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  10. Hi Kathie.
    Another fantastic post of both skilled artwork and writing.. it is an hounour you share this with Sky Watches and I thank you.

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  11. Hi! I very much like seeing your paintings. So colorful!

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  12. Beautiful painting!! And lovely words! Very nice blog you have!
    Happy weekend!
    Happy sky~watching!
    Cat

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  13. I think it is much more diffikult to document sky and clouds in a paining then to do a shot with a camera.
    Yes I like it.

    Hallo from Germany

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