Before the Brush
816: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 29, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
do you sleep with the windows open the breeze swishing the tails of curtains I sleep with the windows open to let the earth say hello to the house that has been built upon its backthank you for that
815: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 27, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
the day wakesa choice is made not by the day mind you it does what it does no choice in the matterby me by you by your neighbor by the postman by the person just now walking by on the dawn lit sidewalk jeans too low head...
814: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 25, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
sometimes there is nothing or is there birdsong againswish of tire againshake and tap of dog againdistant clink of neighbor’s screendoor light touch of cloth on chest slight hint of daybreak again
813: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 23, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
A book passed byrecentlyon its way to being forgottenI stopped it in its tracksasked what it had come forand learned a way into the mists of futurenot otherwise discerned
812: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 21, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
up north for a day the journey did not take longI have remembering of when it was adventure the hum of the roadthe challenge of the directionsthe delight in the rest stop it wasalways duty boundmy jobmy waymy creation into the world it is still this a...
811: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 19, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
it is early here for the birdsongfor the sunlightfor the touch of warmth on the curled ends of poppies and hound’s tail she misses me but I no longer know what that meansnor I think does sheit is what we say like I love you or how is the...
810: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 17, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
the economy of beauty it costs you nothing to see itthough for some this alone is too high a pricethe colors on the roadways after a stormthe last light before the sky goes darkthe small bright bud newly unfurled in the morning glowwhat would you barter to have more...
809: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 15, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
noveltyI have heard it used derogatorilyI know it as a giftopening fresh beautynew eyes seeingthe tactile investigation of a formerly unknown entitytaken in hand assimilated into the structures preexistenta whole new world arises isn’t life grand
808: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 13, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
where do you find yourself a dot on a map one year ago poetryribboned with longing reminiscence paincalling it peacestriking it acceptable a vagrant lie a dot on a map here we are I ambuilding a buildingcollecting the beauty making...
807: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 11, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
Ah old friend I thought you'd gone for good I would like to say it is nice to see you again as if something that had been cherished a friendship worth rekindling I though try to not lie I only recognize your gifts the kindness you intent once you have departed and...
806: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 9, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
can you hear it there you trained as you are eyes stuck to a space no more than 6' x3" free her the wind and the rain the sun and the sky have you asked yourself really what is it that we used to know when the sightlines had no end beyond the reach of our vision...
805: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 7, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
Here I am years on months at least the world asks to be seen this is our job oh human see this world your eyes keened to take it all in yet trained on a rectangle two feet from your opticals illusion at best woman in chains man what have you got take the key feel what...
804: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 5, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
No one know more better the world that needs our attention we each can only watch that is pay attention and do what stands before us
803: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 3, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
I sit here in this green place greener than green an otherworldly alien green world that used to be home now it a place I visit at times in joy mostly in heightened enervation hopped up attentiveness to the landscape for sure but to the detrius of life turning back to...
802: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 1, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
default is genuine there is no best way so go where the road leads at the turn the left or right there is an arrow follow where the heart calls and even this is directive unnecessary
801: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 29, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
try to chip away at that fear there is reason you've breath after all haven't you then go set out on this life long journey tear fear away from the blood and dive wholly into the cultivation life and resources to be just a little less afraid there is that the gift of...
800: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 27, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
800 I see meaning nothing to me and a lot an achievement they say to be pleased with such things such things though do not fill the belly or manage the bills or take care of the frantic need of the human form in this weird world where desire has been tamed in the...
799: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 25, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
And so I respond no punctuation no exclamation just being here thinking about the movie last evening the sushi roiling my intestines the pictures running around my headspace the ideas replete with ideas overflowing ideas and the no thing holding them aloft beyond the...
798: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 23, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
As I stare at the words on the page they blur into nothingness for me I want so much I have wanted so much and I got much but not enough I confess to the decision that should I come back the next life will be about money earning heaps and letting emotions feelings...
797: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 21, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
the beauty of morning birdsong in March may be the most delightful awakening the world has ever seen starlings cutting holes through the tiny crack in my gutter so as to raise their young in my attic eves well now that's an entirely different story
796: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 19, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
the inner reality of nothingness words can be enough even letters simple clean aware true go outside the door of yourself you will hear it a clear call respond
795: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 17, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
everything that was ever real in me has come back to life in this doorway wide open to the sky no longer trampling myself down cut in half halved again parts tossed from a window no more keep pushing myself away
794: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 15, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
She called we talked at length about the boat they'd sailed around the world for 20 years no desire ever for such a thing but yet what would it be like to live your personal bliss wake each day with enough color paint the world rosey posey in a vase atop the counter...
793: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 13, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
All things are meltable and replaceable not at this moment this lamb among wolves this rejection upon the insight we are leaves we are stars we are messages written in sand we are pod water rich with life we are dust blown from the...
792: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 11, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
we hedge against the fear of not knowing who we are what we want how to be safe such a hard time changing the paradox of this world's constant change breaking patterns throwing off yoke to historied narratives we can set out to become the platitudinal change we preach...
791: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 9, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
not unimportant the word holy shares its root with whole the notion of the interleaving of all things the only perspective available in every act of unselfing with wonder right here on Earth this hallowed broken world whole
790: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 7, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
it is your life to tinker with learn from live and love it is my life to tinker with learn from live and love
789: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 5, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
warm and bright and filled with the promise of good things eyes open to the colors winter has kept us for months equinox snow on the rooftops sun bright glare across the tender daffodil stalks this inherited devotion this curiosity and respect this wonder and seeking...
788: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 3, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
I am in the midst of them the quiet work under sunlit trees dappled ground work cars hazy through the mist I am paralyzed and know nothing this is then the final turning embrace the neck of this horse ride fully the final journey
787: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | June 1, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
there is no gap between me and the world what befalls the world befalls me that's how it is I have been called a sensitive an idealist we are more connected than we realize more at home that anyone realizes for me to sense it for you to deny it this too we are willing...