Words of Wisdom

An optical illusion - a picture of an open hand with elongated printed text IF I OFFER IT on the palm and at right angles WILL YOU ACCEPT the printed text appears much more clearly when viewed at an angle which appears to shorten the letters

Otsuki Fields in Kai Province from Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) 

Javier Mayoral (also known as Pulp Brother)

kidney bean

a long time ago—

before or during covid, I can't quite remember—

my mom grew kidney beans.

the plant produced three beans, total:

all of them small, dark, smooth, hard.

sometimes, I wonder if I curled up small enough,

I could become a kidney bean.

small and unassuming.

dark in its beauty.

smooth, allowing no purchase.

hard, untouchable.

A bound volume of original botanic illustrations including flowers plants and funghi

83 pencil sketches highlighted with water colour - bound c1823 

'Peonies' (circa 1869) by Berthe Morisot (French, 1841 - 1895).

Oil on canvas.