Into the Woods

Monotype print on washi paper
2024
Print Size: 630 x 480 mm

This artwork is sold unframed.

Love, prayer and the natural world. These are all ideas imbedded in this print and drawn from the experience of being in the woods, alone.

HOW I GO INTO THE WOODS

by Mary Oliver

Ordinarily I go to the woods alone,
with not a single friend,
for they are all smilers and talkers
and therefore unsuitable.
I don’t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds
or hugging the old black oak tree.
I have my ways of praying,
as you no doubt have yours.
Besides, when I am alone
I can become invisible.
I can sit on the top of a dune
as motionless as an uprise of weeds,
until the foxes run by unconcerned.
I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing.
If you have ever gone to the woods with me,
I must love you very much.