Tonight's print is a bit of a surprise for me with it's simplicity and muted colors. I had intended a flash of red tearing through the moon but I found myself unable to follow through in the end. The print said no. I had the good fortune to visit the National Portrait Gallery this weekend and I was inspired by the subtleties of of many of the pieces. I mixed up a grey and this is what appeared, and with no birds! There is an emptiness and spaciousness here that bodes well- the vessel emptying in order to be filled. Silence is hard to come by, but I found some earlier and it made all the difference in this print. PS I decided to post print details every few days. This a compromise between the yes details people and the no details people 🙂 Click in the photos to see the details at their correct size.
On this summer night
by Jusammi Chikako, trans. Edwin Cranston On this summer night
All the household lies asleep, And in the doorway,
For once open after dark,
Stands the moon, brilliant, cloudless.
xoxo