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Monday, October 5, 2009

Walking on thorns


Watercolor 
Pablo Neruda in The Captain's Verses:

Tienes que andar sobre las esponas
dejando gotitas de sangre.

You have to walk on thorns
leaving little drops of blood.

My thought--isn't that about life, and art?

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