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An old pond

A frog jumps in

The sound of water


–Matsuo Basho

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water is never clumsy

–Max Gimblett 

Water is Never Clumsy, 2008

Sugar lift aquatint with gampi chine collé

on handmade Japanese Sekishu Hanga paper

Sheet size: 39 ½ x 24 ½ inches

Image size: 20 x 20 inches

Edition of 25

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The thirsty man longs for water.

The water calls for him to drink.

This thirst in our souls is the magnetism
of the Water:

We are It's, and It is ours.

–Rumi

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A fly wounds the water but the wound  

soon heals.

—Jane Kenyon

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