Diptychs and Triptychs
"There's a Thread You Follow"
Acrylic/mixed Media on Canvas
30" x 60" (2 canvases_
2026
This painting was inspired by a poem of William Stafford:
The Way it Is
By William Stafford
There’s a thread you follow. It goes among
things that change. But it doesn’t change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can’t get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and get old.
Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding.
You don’t ever let go of the thread.
Can be found at
https://wordsfortheyear.com/2017/10/19/the-way-it-is-by-william-stafford/