First
Awake
Overly aware
Doubting
When to add
Where
When to stop
A dialogue of instructions
Then
A color
A shape
A line
Unlocks an entry point
Heart rate
Slowing
Brain
Quieting
I breathe
The long
Slow
Breath of meditation
Unlocking undisclosed rules of intermingling
Nothing predetermined
Responding
Responding
Again responding
To layers accumulated
Spare
And simultaneously full
Finding rightness
In paint flowing
A story hidden
… Emerging
Awake
I dream
In color
In texture
In layers building up
And paring down
In the breathtaking beauty of this
Next to that
Colors consort
Negotiating for space
In joyful disturbances
Tiny passages intuitively connect
Rallying
Smiling
Sighing
Revealing their essence
In winter
Off-season color
That summer celebrates
Fights
Against darkness
Senses
Stamp
Break through
Meander past
And Slip to the side
Layers accumulate
This color
This line
This mark
This texture
Influences structures not easily categorized or articulated
Chaos orders
Into full breaths
An improvisational journey
Beyond
The comprehension
Of the daily self
Awake
I dream
In color
In texture
In layers
Building up
And paring down
Past words
-By Anne Bedrick
August 25, 2016