I use this wooden dipper to stir up wind and waves.
......
Even when the plum  has wilted and winter has reached its deepest cold,
do not let your body be numb or your mind absent.

d o g e n 

" f l u i d i t y . . .

a search for a piece of structure."

- Fanny Howe   university of chicago 2013  Silliman's blog 12.27.14

water painting now
you and I sewn together

limits
bounds
stories
sounds

zhongnan mountain
white river junction


inside land
outside land

never far
from where you are

f i l t e r

f l u x

24th near dusk ice free

arrival of

milwaukee and supai
water
undammed
ice free

f a l l

saw
and started more

f
a
l
l
i
n
g

through darkness

as I paint this day
unbalanced
drawn out
left with not empty
but clear  

t o d a y ' s w o r k

fell
as I do
into work
and falling saw
how water rises and rushes
in direction away from its source

This, paused,
I painted.

b h a d r a

painting the water mind

walking the water mind

mourning the water mind

sleeping the water mind

stilling the water mind

flowing the water mind

keeping the water mind

losing the water mind

observing the water mind

p a i n t

this watery wait between

as I send darkness down
rubbing in
white light

a r c h i p e l a g o

t o m b o l o

a sudden thaw

not expected
out of time with the cold
loosened breaks and bubbles
splintered clear
blotted white
submerged
over black
move vertically
touching shore
tipping
unanchored
under

t h a w e d w a t e r

l u m e n