mark making with raku

9 days -- change in a tree, a view, a color............ . .

november 5. 2014

november 14, 2014

AN HOUR WITHOUT COLOR

An hour without color before snow

a tinge of brown in the oak leaf

a hint of green in the pine: "gray"

is too much to say of what's left

the sea dissolved into white sky

the woods a matted mass webbed with shreds

of last week's faded storm: then

it is snowing, it is now, I see

 the particles making a grain across things

half visible half not, sifting

the light from the scene like a thief

who steals what we slowly realize

we can do without, are better off without:

the colors of things afflicting our eyes

CHAMBERED NAUTILUS

How many rooms one occupies to lead

a life!—the child's small cell, within earshot

of his parents' smothered moans; the college room

assigned by number, a poster-clad outpost

of freedom; the married man's bedchamber,

cramped scene of glad possession and sneaking sorrow;

the holiday rental, redolent of salt

and sun and other people's cast-off dakys'

the capstone mansion with its curtained pomp;

the businessman's hotel, a one-night stand

whose trim twin beds and TV sketch a dream

of habitation soon forgot; the chill

guest room; the pricey white hospital space,

where now the moaning has become one's own.

2 of 13 poems from

NOT CANCELLED YET

by JOHN UPDIKE

2003

a limited edition of letterpress

Limberlost Press 2003

—found in the free section of mesa public library, los alamos, nm

11.14.2014

recent RAKU STONEWARE suggesting play

BLUE DR i F T / STILL LIFE with PAPER STONE BLUE

ENSO RAKU on chevron

YELLOW SQUARE / EMBROIDERING WITH GOURDS

gathering color for what the sky sees........

IN VIEW FROM THE CUBE

PICKED BUCKWHEAT along the river this morning.......

noticing the range of color in this moment after a light freeze

purple mauve green yellow orange red

and then there's rick's turquoise raku glaze  —  red gold copper beigebrown turquoise blue marble

TURQUOISE STONEWARE STILL LIFE

IRGAZINE HAS RETURNED IN MY CLAY

THAT'S HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN.......