Mary Oliver is one of my favorite poets. I went into my art room to start a sketch and I found a copy of this poem. I copied it from the Good Reads website so I could share it with you by using copy and paste rather than typing it myself:)
The sweetness of dogs (fifteen)
What do you say, Percy? I am thinking
of sitting out on the sand to watch
the moon rise. Full tonight.
So we go
and the moon rises, so beautiful it
makes me shudder, makes me think about
time and space, makes me take
measure of myself: one iota
pondering heaven. Thus we sit,
I thinking how grateful I am for the moon’s
perfect beauty and also, oh! How rich
it is to love the world. Percy, meanwhile,
leans against me and gazes up into
my face. As though I were
his perfect moon.”
― Mary Oliver
This may be a sign that I should paint one of my furry children today, but I already had my mind set on painting some more flowers from my garden. This is my next project.
The sweetness of dogs (fifteen)
What do you say, Percy? I am thinking
of sitting out on the sand to watch
the moon rise. Full tonight.
So we go
and the moon rises, so beautiful it
makes me shudder, makes me think about
time and space, makes me take
measure of myself: one iota
pondering heaven. Thus we sit,
I thinking how grateful I am for the moon’s
perfect beauty and also, oh! How rich
it is to love the world. Percy, meanwhile,
leans against me and gazes up into
my face. As though I were
his perfect moon.”
― Mary Oliver
This may be a sign that I should paint one of my furry children today, but I already had my mind set on painting some more flowers from my garden. This is my next project.
I started out by putting a full sheet on my board, but I'm switching to a quarter sheet. I'm going to do something else on the full sheet. I hope you are having a magical weekend!
