First I hold the entire universe in my mind then I paint /  by Mirena Rhee

First I hold the beginning in my mind and then I paint,

I hold all the black holes in my mind,

And then I paint,

I hold all the trees in my mind and then I paint,

I hold the entire universe all the planets all the galaxies slowly spiraling away,

I hold all the space in between,

And then I look at my brushstrokes from the previous day,

They have little ridges just like the rocks,

And I am like thats funny.

I'm totally fucking alone.

My job is to see /  by Mirena Rhee

My job is to really see.

Painting is seeing.

I'm glad someone is looking at this particular part of the universe.

I want to make sure that at least one creature in the universe is seeing this thing properly. All its details and play of light and shadow and three dimensional shapes.