12.20

light blue whiteness of sky above still black ridge

sparrows perched on grape stake fence in foreground

paintings added little to sketch, not much interest

posited as object, nature of, though could not know

how effects move observer around, embody or project

competitive posing of the sitters a kind of harmony

orange edge of sun above shadowed shoulder of ridge

lines of gulls flapping to the right toward horizon

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12.19

light grey whiteness of sky above still black ridge

whiteness of waning gibbous moon across from branch

figure, physical movement compared to that of other

one sees, two dimensional flattening, could be seen

some passages refer to things we don’t see, present

them in language which invites us to visualize them

pink whiteness of clouds above still shadowed ridge

line of 4 cormorants flapping across toward horizon

12.18

light coming into blue whiteness of sky above ridge

bird slanting toward pine branch in left foreground

given form of the present field, sequence of actual

events relative to system which, arriving, is to be

man on right noting "you act as though you've never

been there, not supposed to know anything about it"

cloudless yellow orange sky above shoulder of ridge

shadowed white line of wave breaking across channel

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12.17

cloudless blue white sky above black plane of ridge

silhouette of sparrow landing on post in foreground

appearing in itself, what appears there looking and

here, its corners between them at first sight, what

woman at kitchen window framed by grape stake fence

sharing time with chickadee and rufous-sided towhee

yellow orange of sun rising above shoulder of ridge

waning whiteness of moon above point across from it

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12.16

light coming into blue whiteness of sky above ridge

waning white circle of moon by branch in foreground

that here is present each time there, say each that

would become, days filled with those days, division

grey and blowing here today, about 60 degrees, girl

was picking up snails and feeding them to the ducks

line of grey cloud above shadowed shoulder of ridge

waning whiteness of moon above point across from it

12.15

faint light in clouds against still invisible ridge

motion of windblown pine branch in right foreground

identification of “other” but, same list of present

object of which we speak, aware of, of what will be

imagine oneself reading as if listening to a speech

or visualizing a picture play or sequence of events

grey rain clouds against shadowed shoulder of ridge

whiteness of wave breaking across windblown channel

12.14

light coming into rain cloud against plane of ridge

shadowed sparrow landing on post in left foreground

outside defined by figure close to, might call them

again and again, sequence of front and back, flexed

man on left noticing a consequence of the fact that

doing and having nothing nonetheless lets things be

grey rain clouds against shadowed shoulder of ridge

line of pelicans flapping to the right toward point