Claudia Dose Paintings

falling… rising

October 3, 2009 Claudia Dose

Autumn

The leaves are falling, falling as if from far up,
as if orchards were dying high in space.
Each leaf falls as if it were motioning “no.”

And tonight the heavy earth is falling
away from all other stars in the loneliness.

We’re all falling. This hand here is falling.
And look at the other one. It’s in them all.

And yet there is Someone, whose hands
infinitely calm, holding up all this falling.

“That by which we fall is that by which we rise.” — Tantric saying

This is a painting that I did a while ago and that seems to compliment the mood of this poem and the season right now…

acrylic, mixed media on canvas, framed.
16 x 20 inch (40,6 x 51 cm),

17.25 x 21.25 inch (43,8 x 54 cm) with frame ready to hang.