{"product_id":"2940152885996","title":"Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Blue Basin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blue basin\u003cbr\u003eOil based paint\u003cbr\u003eA bit of orange\u003cbr\u003eUnder the mirror on the wall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith patches of bright sun\u003cbr\u003eLighting your face\u003cbr\u003eWhat do you feel right now?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you look into your eyes\u003cbr\u003eSee your pupils dilate and change size\u003cbr\u003eAsk yourself the question\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo you love the person in the mirror?\u003cbr\u003eDo you see the stars in your eyes?\u003cbr\u003eDo you see God behind it all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you feel now?\u003cbr\u003eTears dropping into the half-filled blue basin\u003cbr\u003eHolding in your life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWHO WILL CARRY THE WORLD?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne\u003cbr\u003eBrush oil paint on burlap tightly woven\u003cbr\u003eCrisscross patterns with large wooden\u003cbr\u003eStretcher bars\u003cbr\u003eLet it dry under sunlight, starlight,\u003cbr\u003eMoonlight, go out there tonight\u003cbr\u003eListen closely to your heart beating,\u003cbr\u003eA symphony with blood and air and life\u003cbr\u003eRushing in\u003cbr\u003eThink of crickets and fireflies\u003cbr\u003eHopelessly trapped here on earth, joyous\u003cbr\u003eCreatures\u003cbr\u003eLight the candles on the table outside\u003cbr\u003eApply new paint with brushes and pallet knives,\u003cbr\u003eMix in the tear drops as you paint with shadows\u003cbr\u003eDrawn in from candles and moonlight hearing\u003cbr\u003eThe lonely distant trains sounding out as they\u003cbr\u003ePass through\u003cbr\u003eNow it is time to tell God what is on\u003cbr\u003eYour mind knowing the paint dries slowly\u003cbr\u003eAnd God is patient, especially with you\u003cbr\u003eWhat will you say\u003cbr\u003eAnd will it all be true?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo\u003cbr\u003eThe stars blink once or twice every night\u003cbr\u003eThey are busy now, making light\u003cbr\u003eThe neighbors try to sleep\u003cbr\u003eThe dogs and cats up late\u003cbr\u003eWondering who will be left when\u003cbr\u003eThey leave\u003cbr\u003eWho will count the waves at the sea?\u003cbr\u003eWho will ponder riddles and walk the maze?\u003cbr\u003eWho will carry the world on its back?\u003cbr\u003eMake light of darkness and fill outer space?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrivolity cannot perform the calculations\u003cbr\u003eNor supercomputers with highest speed internet\u003cbr\u003eConnections\u003cbr\u003eWhat is needed is undiminished joy offered\u003cbr\u003eUp in spite of every problem encountered\u003cbr\u003eOutstretched hands dipping water out of the river,\u003cbr\u003eExpecting nothing\u003cbr\u003eListening to crickets, watching fireflies\u003cbr\u003eAllowing the world to carry itself\u003cbr\u003eWherever it wants to go\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLedger Still\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe sits on the bay, every day\u003cbr\u003eFor eleven years\u003cbr\u003eStaring at the city across\u003cbr\u003eWondering what it is like there\u003cbr\u003eWanting to be there\u003cbr\u003eFinally a man asks him if he’d like to\u003cbr\u003eGo, only he cannot bring him back\u003cbr\u003eAnd he goes, thinking surely, it will\u003cbr\u003eBe better there than here with so much\u003cbr\u003eLonging to be somewhere else\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce making the journey across he\u003cbr\u003elooks around, decides life is better where\u003cbr\u003ehe was, fewer people, home to live, friends,\u003cbr\u003eless wind and rain\u003cbr\u003enow he sits on the bay, every day,\u003cbr\u003estaring across at the other side\u003cbr\u003ewanting to be there, wishing he could cross,\u003cbr\u003ewaiting …\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick J. Leach","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113483911408,"sku":"2940152885996","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152885996_p0.jpg?v=1764025709","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152885996","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}