Soft Emergence
Soft Emergence
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Sumi ink, watercolor, pastel, gold leaf, mulberry paper on watercolor paper.
Original Painting: 17x10.5" Framed: 23×16" double matted with archival mats, framed with solid wood. UV protected glazing. Comes with a print of the poem ready to hang. Click on second thumbnail and then click on that image to see how it looks framed. Contact Sherrie to purchase. $1400.
Limited edition print signed and numbered. Printed on Epson Velvet Fine Art Paper with archival inks. Printed on 19x13" paper, 15x9.5" image size. Click on third thumbnail and then click on that image to see how it looks as a print. Edition of 150.
Print comes with a backing board in a plastic sleeve, no mat. Ships flat. $95.
Card comes with an envelope in a plastic sleeve. Poem is on the back, blank inside. $7.
Poem 8x6" comes framed in plexiglass. $35. (Included with purchase of original painting.)
This painting will be in the upcoming juried show at Arts Benecia, “Get the Message: Words and Images.” Online Exhibit.
Orders over $25 ship free within the U.S.
International shipping available. For orders to the EU and UK, please contact me.
SOFT EMERGENCE
I have no idea what it will be like
to hug people again, to be close,
to look them in the eye
without a screen between us,
to see their smile—in real time.
I can’t imagine
eating out of the same bowl—
taking a handful of nuts
that others have touched,
buying food without washing it,
not seeing people
as carriers of disease,
not scrubbing down
everything in sight.
When this is over
will my cells jump for joy?
Will I come out okay?
Or will there be dark holes
that linger,
the scent of rubbing alcohol
bringing it all back?
I wonder if my heart
will explode when the veil lifts.
Or will there be
a soft emergence,
one foot put slowly
in front of the other,
not too far, not too fast,
like toes dipping into a cold stream,
and pace my arrival gently
into the new world—
whenever that may be.
©Sherrie Lovler