"Play Delicate, Desire Quiet" 2 by Marilyn Wells Abstract sumi e Print

"Play Delicate, Desire Quiet" 2 Abstract sumi e Print by Marilyn Wells, abstract sumi e print, Zen style, with ink wash, wet and dry brushstrokes was inspired by

“Play Delicate

  Desire Quiet…”

Music by Grace Cathedral Park -1853S

and also a little poem by Mary Oliver...

I really love this poem, and it definitely inspires stillness.

 "Today"

 Today I’m flying low and I’m

not saying a word.

I’m letting all the voodoos of ambition sleep.

 The world goes on as it must,

the bees in the garden rumbling a little,

the fish leaping, the gnats getting eaten.

And so forth.

 But I’m taking the day off.

Quiet as a feather.

I hardly move though really I’m traveling

a terrific distance.

 Stillness. One of the doors

into the temple.

 -Oliver, Mary. “Today.” A Thousand Mornings.