Sunday, January 31, 2021

1.31


























pinkish red edge of cloud next to still black ridge 


2 sparrows falling toward feeder four more on fence 


view of light first observing vanishes in the field 


page from which positions line of thought its sound 


slowly closing eyes attend to breathing bird sounds 


crow on pine branch two sparrows on fence disappear 


yellow red orange of cloud beside still black ridge 


shadowed line of wave approaching windblown channel



Saturday, January 30, 2021

1.30


























pink red of light in clouds above still black ridge 


line of sparrows standing on fence 3 more on feeder 


variations on trees may have looked across the room 


appearance in itself what appeared becoming absence 


slowly closing eyes attend to breathing bird sounds 


crow on pine branch two sparrows on fence disappear 


pink yellow edge of cloud next to shoulder of ridge 


white lines of waves breaking onto concrete seawall



Friday, January 29, 2021

1.29


























white edge of sun rises into shadowed bamboo leaves 


seven sparrows landing on fence four more on feeder 


awareness of object later on one hand between which 


letter now brought to attention photograph painting 


open eyes sit on edge of bed take picture of window 


rain wet green of field trees frame in a black wall 


blinding white sun in bright blue sky next to ridge 


white lines of waves breaking into mouth of channel



Thursday, January 28, 2021

1.28


























light grey rain cloud against still invisible ridge 


some sparrows on fence others gliding toward feeder 


letter also thinking again of beginning which views 


things in place cleared for something made room for 


eye sees sun between ridge clouds on way to horizon 


water the color of cold one feels coming in from it 


plane of cloud against still invisible top of ridge 


whiteness of wave breaking against concrete seawall



Wednesday, January 27, 2021

1.27


























sun rising through rain cloud next to bamboo leaves 


sparrows on fence above drops falling into birdbath 


clear now in the changing tone between future shown 


finite and separate figures understood to be nearly 


how at times the clouds keeping light to themselves 


eyes opening a quarter at a time hear birds calling 


white circle of sun next to cloud across from ridge 


swell line moving toward windblown mouth of channel



Tuesday, January 26, 2021

1.26


























blinding white circle of sun in green bamboo leaves 


two blue jays landing on edge of fence above feeder 


here in view volume of light given three dimensions 


apparent nearly a second further position to follow  


how at times the clouds keeping light to themselves  


eyes open one quarter at a time hears birds calling 


blinding white sun in cloudless blue sky on horizon 


whiteness of wave breaking against concrete seawall



Monday, January 25, 2021

1.25


























white edge of sun rising in windblown bamboo leaves 


sparrows lined up on fence others landing on feeder 


landscape the kind of real difference between space 


thinking takes into the disappearance time conceals 


also at the same time turning away from one another 


turning back toward what such that together remains 


blinding white circle of sun in sky next to horizon 


whiteness of wave breaking across windblown channel



Sunday, January 24, 2021

1.24


























grey whiteness of clouds above shadowed green ridge 


2 sparrows on fence next to windblown bamboo leaves 


thought of reflection awareness arrives at approach 


sound refers to a passage of description see letter  


looking up at pattern of black walnut tree branches 


below light grey whiteness of sky become light blue 


pale yellow edge of sky below clouds on the horizon 


sound of white wave breaking on sand next to channel



Saturday, January 23, 2021

1.23


























circle of sun comes up into windblown bamboo leaves 


sparrows flapping from shadowed fence toward feeder 


worked prior to the tree before the grass was mowed 


locations allow for spaces word said by its meaning  


mirror image of half circle 6 black letters on left  


reversed same black letters on right reading mayhem 


yellow orange circle of sun above clouds on horizon 


white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel






Friday, January 22, 2021

1.22


























grey plane of clouds in blue white sky beside ridge 


sound of red-shouldered hawk calling on pine branch  


latest painting in another column view of the first 


first sight after all volume variable in appearance 


now the way the light changes where the walnut tree 


branches meet pale blue moving toward sky blue view 


shadowed grey clouds in sky above shoulder of ridge 


sound of white wave breaking on sand beside channel



Thursday, January 21, 2021

1.21


























diagonal line of cloud in pale blue sky above ridge  


blue jay flapping toward feeder below edge of fence 


observer at rest appears as if had become the field 


so that distance between sun and fixed star near it  


see the thought thinking feel the shoulders relaxed 


expansion contraction breathing the body letting go  


yellow orange circle of sun between lines of clouds 


shadowed line of swell approaching mouth of channel 




Wednesday, January 20, 2021

1.20


























white circle of sun beside motionless bamboo leaves 


sparrows moving from feeder to fence and back again 


intensity of shaping space over the edge into trees 


time of time made something thinking the appearance 


view of water in motion stopped moving glacial pace 


triangular whiteness lover left corner disappearing 


circular yellow orange of sun beside shadowed ridge 


line of white light reflected in motionless channel



Tuesday, January 19, 2021

1.19


























red orange yellow of sun in windblown bamboo leaves 


black-capped chickadee landed on feeder below fence 


reflection the same two ways of looking from object 


form relative to painting background abstract sound 


bring to appearance itself as look of words thought 


see that thinking belongs to things already distant  


blinding whiteness of above black shoulder of ridge 


white curve of spray above wave breaking in channel



Monday, January 18, 2021

1.18


























white circle of sun next to windblown bamboo leaves 


sparrows moving back and forth from fence to feeder 


part of series possibly one of the first made early 


four in such a way that space is provided for thing  


bringing of things together making shining possible 


position of thought that goes forward and back from 


blinding white circle sun next to shoulder of ridge 


white lines of waves breaking into mouth of channel



Sunday, January 17, 2021

1.17


























diagonal white cloud in pale blue sky next to ridge 


sparrows perched on feeder flapping up toward fence 


still after a pause the next appeared again unnamed  


juxtaposing look at first sight fragments structure  


view of water moves to the right at edge of channel 


across rocks wind sound wave breaking in foreground 


yellow orange edge of sun next to shoulder of ridge 


shadowed swell lines moving toward mouth of channel



Saturday, January 16, 2021

1.16


























edge of sun coming up into motionless bamboo leaves 


two sparrows flapping from fence to feeder below it 


field of form with respect to field observe at rest  


sequence of from from here forward close to the sun 


two figures standing on sand edge of water reflects 


sun going down cloud on horizon another to the left 


red orange edge of cloud across from shadowed ridge 


white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel



Friday, January 15, 2021

1.15


























first pink light in clouds beside still black ridge 


sparrows flapping down from edge of fence to feeder 


looking at size of figure relation to kind of light 


time of subject become a form therefore always less 


pattern of shadowed wet rocks on sand in foreground 


seen at eye level sunlight reflected across from it  


red orange curve of clouds beside shoulder of ridge 


shadowed line of swell approaching mouth of channel



Thursday, January 14, 2021

1.14


























light coming into pale blue white sky next to ridge 


sparrow on fence another on the bricks below feeder  


reflection makes act of subject seen object thought 


system of notation a kind of hand according to part  


brightness become an object in the sense of shining  


light grounded in fact the experience first morning 


reddish orange edge of sky beside shoulder of ridge 


shadowed swell lines moving toward mouth of channel



Wednesday, January 13, 2021

1.13


























grey whiteness of clouds against top of black ridge 


three sparrows on fence two on bricks beside feeder 


reflected also saw the image related to thoughts on 


location things in such a way that allows for space 


present here the relation room which contains space 


things appear as objects time on clock hand in view 


grey white rain cloud against top of shadowed ridge 


shadowed line of swell approaching mouth of channel



Tuesday, January 12, 2021

1.12


























pink red edge of grey cloud above still black ridge 


two sparrows slanting down from fence toward feeder 


second years appeared up to but not including first  


distinct but also one the other more than matter of 


sparrow flapping through open green glass back door 


wrapped up in towel at window lifted out flies away 


pink red edge of grey cloud on horizon beside ridge 


shadowed white swell moving toward mouth of channel



Monday, January 11, 2021

1.11


























bright white edge of sun in windblown bamboo leaves  


four sparrows flapping from edge of fence to feeder  


fact of motion a field appears to be another system 


direction of light translated to present it follows 


brightness become an object in the sense of shining  


light grounded in fact the experience first morning 


white circle of sun in line of clouds above horizon 


lines of white waves breaking onto concrete seawall



1.10


























first grey light in sky beside black plane of ridge  


sparrow pecking up seeds from bricks next to feeder 


landscape only once as far as remember each morning 


everywhere as a sequence of positions less and less  


lines of reflected yellow orange light disappearing  


water pulling back across sand sounds in foreground 


red orange edge of clouds next to shoulder of ridge 


shadowed line of swell approaching mouth of channel



Saturday, January 9, 2021

1.9


























yellow orange edge of sun rising into bamboo leaves 


first sparrow landing on fence three more on feeder 


here again position object thought includes subject 


idea of world in relation to blue translated figure 


shadow of figure standing beside edge of white wave 


moving across sand no sound ridge in the background 


blinding whiteness of sun next to shoulder of ridge 


whiteness of wave breaking against concrete seawall



Friday, January 8, 2021

1.8


























light grey rain cloud against top of shadowed ridge 


motionless green bamboo leaves beside edge of fence 


depiction of the place medium after period of views 


stands there along the stream proves to be location 


reflection of man in motion of windblown rain water 


pooled on top of old wine barrel standing on bricks 


light grey rain cloud still against invisible ridge 


white line of wave breaking on sand next to channel



Thursday, January 7, 2021

1.7


























light blue whiteness of sky above still black ridge 


sparrows pecking up seeds from bricks beside feeder 


oblique image set tone for the rest return of ideas 


colors suggest planes construct figures one another 


silver of planet going down in the west across mesa 


waning white moon coming up above ridge opposite it 


grey orange of clouds across from shoulder of ridge 


whiteness of waves breaking across mouth of channel



Wednesday, January 6, 2021

1.6





















first light coming into clouds above shadowed ridge 


one sparrow landing on fence two on feeder below it 


enters the field appears in advance separate motion  


forms of variant linear elements enter the equation  


two pink lines of clouds in pale blue sky reflected  


water moving next to jetty sound of wave in channel 


red orange of cloud next to black shoulder of ridge 


shadowed white line of wave breaking across channel



Tuesday, January 5, 2021

1.5


























white edge of sun through bamboo leaves on branches 


three sparrows on edge of fence four more on feeder 


looks bigger than inches square compared with point 


works either against or for terms take into account  


arrangement of letters in words of poem on the page  


shape of eight lines in what appears to be a square  


bright white circle of sun beside shoulder of ridge 


curve of white water breaking into mouth of channel


Monday, January 4, 2021

1.4


























light grey rain cloud still against invisible ridge  


one then two sparrows landing on fence above feeder 


one for the future which itself here again slipping 


color of circle period today takes over the present 


two pink lines of clouds in pale blue sky reflected 


water moving next to jetty sound of wave on horizon 


grey white rain cloud against still invisible ridge 


whiteness of wave breaking across windblown channel



Sunday, January 3, 2021

1.3


























light grey whiteness of fog against invisible ridge  


three sparrows perched on feeder four more on fence  


selection of dates described in letter sent in June 


gathering nature of things appear as something here 


place of words in space on page does things to page 


time in lines moving forward past in present future 


grey whiteness of fog against still invisible ridge 


white line of wave breaking on sand next to channel



Saturday, January 2, 2021

1.2


























light grey rain cloud against still invisible ridge  


motionless bamboo leaves across from shadowed fence 


letters become figures in what known from the start 


perspective fixed point of view drawn without color 


action of movement from left to right birds passing 


across followed by sound of windblown bamboo leaves 


grey rain cloud against top of still shadowed ridge 


whiteness of wave breaking across windblown channel



Friday, January 1, 2021

1.1


























diagonal line of cloud in pale blue sky above ridge 


two sparrows landing on edge of fence two on feeder 


the way the other hand appears the way field enters 


space together with extension of reference to point  


silver of planet going down in the west across mesa 


waning white moon coming up above ridge opposite it 


blinding circle of sun on the horizon next to ridge 


white lines of waves breaking into mouth of channel