Second Nature

Oil paint, damar varnish, and found text on wood panel

16 x 20 panel, 17 x 21 inches overall

Found and collaged text reads:

The Sun The Sun / The light! The stillness! / and because our sun is a nuclear furnace / bigness, vastness, power beyond / we stood in a long line to share / the right light.

Many people experience nature as divine. / I was in my garden, / that mix of humanity and divinity / trying to answer.

I became open to listening to / gut feelings that arise

What did you come up with? What / do you mean?

that passions guide reasoning. / The people who looked at the tree emerged with / shared understandings, of a vast mystery. / It gets in your head! / And in some places the unspoken part gets / to the masses.

You know which way to go?

it’s difficult to define / “Everything we normally do was / from / many times before. There is no stronger home / because they cry at the same movies I do. / MADE IN USA MADE IN USA / That means not worrying

To me, the “right think” meant / a lot of time designing experiments / still puzzling over things / “being amazed at things outside yourself.” / People often ask me if I like my work. / Indicate the approximate value of your / action

If you / Do it / “It belongs there,” / And / I’m still willin’