Signet of Eternity
This is a new piece that I am calling Signet of Eternity, taken from a poem by Rabindranath Tagore, the great Indian writer/poet. There’s a great sense of the eternal in this smallish ( a 4″ by 14′ image) painting on paper. I find it very calming, very soothing, with its clear, cool colors and crisp line work. There’s a simplicity and delicacy in this that hints at how fleeting and fragile are the the glimpses of eternal forces we are fortunate to witness in our lifetimes.
I know that sounds pretty metaphysical but I’m just talking about those moments when all the forces of the world present themself before you in an almost perfect harmony and there is a moment of stillness. Clarity. As though the world has chosen to reveal its purpose to you for those few precious seconds and in doing so has taken away all the weight of everyday life.
I thought about that yesterday as I trudged, head down, through the woods between my home and my studio. I stopped on the path suddenly and looked around. The trees were so graceful and I caught sight of the trunk of a tall shagbark hickory. I let my eyes follow it upward to the powerful arms of branches that seemd to plead to the blue patch of sky above. It was a grand moment and I thought about how often I traveled that path with eyes fixed on the ground before me. How many times had I let the thoughts and worries in my head carry me without seeing past these things of beauty? These signets of eternity.
Here is Tagore’s poem:
Redtree Times 