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Waiting for Spring (Shiga, Japan) II, Japanese Landscape Painting
1/14/2010 1:29:00 AM
by Keiko Tanabe - Comment on this
Topics: Bridges | Japanese Landscapes | Poems/Quotes | Snowscapes | Sold Works | Waterscapes
I hear from friends and news reports that many parts of the Northern Hemisphere are experiencing one of the coldest winters right now. Days of bitterly frigid temperatures will make one wonder whether a harsh winter will ever end. When snow and ice are overwhelming, life becomes a fight for survival. In the face of Mother Nature, we are helpless but we can always believe spring will come again.
Like a golden beacon signaling on a moonless night // Tao guides our passage through this transitory realm. // In moments of darkness and pain // remember all is cyclical. // Sit quietly behind your wooden door: // Spring will come again.
(Poem by Loy Ching-Yuen, Chinese tai chi master of the early 20th century)
Click here to read more about a Japanese village in this painting.
Waiting for Spring (Shiga, Japan) II
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Media: Original watercolor on paper
Image Size: 8.25 x 11.5 in. (on 9 x 12 in. paper)
Mat/Frame: No
Purchase: Sold
Click to see "Waiting for Spring III" painting.
Click here to see other Japanese landscape paintings.
