I open my watercolor tin,
wet the paper, push blues, pinks,
purples through an open circle.
I move the stencil’s circle shape,
over here, over there, no thinking,
laying down brushloads of colors
over and over - quickly.
Over and over I push color
through the circle’s opening.
Deep red, watered blue, push through.
No thinking, keep it moving. Free.
The structure of the stencil releases
me. No thinking – doing.
Color over color see what comes.
A reverse archeologist
laying things down to find what's there.