Saturday, March 15, 2025

On This Day

On This Day
~ trompe-l'œil æssemblage art & essay by Michael Douglas Jones
 Original artwork available at Gallery 322



On this day, I search for solace, outside my cottage door on the moss tinged cobblestone with my old friend, the cedar bench; the two of us, grayed with age, waiting for the moon to rise.  We sit silent, as a small audience to the sunset songs of cricket, frog, and creek; I collect my thoughts, which are always of you. Life is not what we have lost, it is the gifts we give, the miracles and mysteries we find at every turn, just outside the door. On this day, I see it from my seat outside on the cedar bench.

 ~Michael Douglas Jones