abstract

abstract muscling

so now we know
that what’s material is important
but what is
unseen is important
too

why things were made this way
we may take up with our
creator
later

ideas
a belief in peace
love

visions
dreams
hope
and faith

and the presence of the Lord
as well as our
unspoken prayers

and
yes
these maybe prompt the material
the moving of solid matter
relying on
the coursing
blood
the muscles of our bodies

things come to mind
anyway
naturally enough
and
we may choose and guide their way
as well

of all the unbodied items that
move through
we
may also choose what
to choose
and then enflesh

meaning
then
to the apologist or
less formally
the friend
we may choose to think on God
to
have that count
as evidence unseen
(you
know)
and maybe to transfer like
any other abstract from
a real
if unsubstantial place
in us
through all dimensions of our being
vision
thought
and flesh
throughout the day
and
to the wonders we’re assured that
should
be following
as after fair winds
also hard
to see
apart from its effects
that can try
all our senses

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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
(Hebrews 11:1, KJV)

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(maybe) it’s not that easy

we find
an abstract
verdant image

is it a meadow
or a forest of
a hemisphere's summer
(someone) looking
up

or
(more) fancifully
is it the capillary network
in a frog

sometimes it isn’t easy
being green

sometimes with any number of
means
by interests
it’s easy
(well
if) with being hard

having green
lives
hale
on green worlds

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there is referenced the song “Bein’ Green” by Joseph G. Raposo, famously sung by Kermit the (green) Frog

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The Exchange

A gray day
A featureless sky
No help there
For interest
Or advice

So what shall I say to you
You know
I ask this
On most days
And sometimes
Write into an answer
Or write
Many things
And one thing turns out
Acceptably

I know the first
Judge
Of things
Is me
And I could be sorry
For that
But this is what I have
I have (or have) to write
You read
You respond
If only to react

And there you are
Writing
Photographing
Painting
All the colors at your beck
(for the words
as well)
And you’ll share something
And I’ll
Read
Or look
And if I’m smart
I’ll
Listen
As we listen
And be changed

Life in the blogosphere
Though actually
Life in art
And honestly
In business
Too
We have to find
Something attractive
To buy in
And there are laws of
I understand
Attraction

So there is exchange
And a go-around
Of growth
And opportunity

Back to art
Well
All of it is art
The theory and the vision
Adding the science of
Application
To expression

(expression
crossing
any boundaries between
the schools)

And I guess the part about business
Is a way of saying
The abstract
Is practical
While where
It seems not
It is necessary
As in vital
As in vita
That is life

C L Couch


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