Zen Lake / Zen Swan. 1 Poem & 2 Paintings. (Revised and Completed).

Painting without planning every detail, 

Just letting the brush move over surfaces

Of untreated wood or clean white paper:

Following the grain of the rough cut wood,

Gliding over the smoothness of the paper

Until images form of their own accord,

Shaped by a sensitivity to the moment

And materials that come to hand.

Without planning I know when the work is finished,

Like the chord in a symphony that resolves all tensions, 

Or the shadow of a frayed leaf caught in a stream

That is slowly ebbing away.                            

Trevor John Karsavin Potter. 

14th. October 2022.