Sous Bois (FWN 303, 1893-4)

It’s my fourth visit to the Cezanne Exhibition at the Tate Modern in London, and in a moment I know what will happen. I will carefully manoeuvre through five rooms full of Cezanne’s earlier works; and there in the spaciousness of this painting, ‘Sous Bois’, I will join Cezanne in the flow.

The moment comes

I bow,

and wow.

 

From within

the pulsating heart of an ecosystem

vibrations of colour

embrace us

our purpose

and beyond

expressing the inexpressible

holding the space

for the whole

for a while

be still

live

for a moment

in the flow.

 

“Right now a moment of time is passing by! 

We must become that moment”

Paul Cezanne.