Day 28
March 14th, 2010
Sunday Series: 4
In an old life, I was an English teacher. One of the best parts of that job was that people had to listen to me when I read poetry aloud. I miss that.
I’ve found a few new poets lately that I love. People around me can only take so much poetry, so I had to figure out a way to share it with someone, so every Sunday I’m going to take a quote from a favorite poem and put it with a watercolor painting. Why watercolor? Because for some reason, I think it works better with words, and just for a little variety.
Here’s the fourth one. I decided that I need to move on to other poets, even though Hafiz is still my favorite, so this is the final quote from Hafiz for this project.
“The small man
Builds cages
For everyone
He
Knows.
While the sage,
Who has to duck his head
When the moon is low,
Keeps dropping keys all night long
For the
Beautiful
Rowdy
Prisoners.”
–Hafiz
4×6 Watercolor on Cotton Fiber Paper. $28
Special rules apply to today’s painting. Everyone wins. On Sundays only, I’ll paint a version of this for everyone that requests one, because I think if the quote speaks to you then you should have it. Each painting will be an original and slightly different from the others I send out, but based on the painting you see above. The only rule is that I must receive your email by 5pm Pacific time today, in order to paint one just for you.
March 23rd, 2010 at 4:27 pm
NOOOOO! How did I miss this? Ever since I saw this poem on Chris’ site, I’ve been in love with it. I even ordered the book it came from (and read the whole thing yesterday). What do I need to do to coerce you to paint one of these for me, even though I’m more than a day late and a dollar short?