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Sally Schneider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every morning when we open our office for work,<\/a> we take a minute to look at this image taped\u00a0on the wall, of artist Lucio Fontana<\/a> approaching a blank canvas. We never tire of it.<\/p>\n

That canvas for us can mean a project, or a new path or simply\u00a0the day…<\/em>full of possibility.<\/p>\n

We admire Fontana’s courage, forthrightly walking up to a blank canvas to make the first mark that will determine the ones to come.<\/p>\n

\"Lucio-Fontana-Concetto-Spaziale-Attese-1963\"<\/p>\n

The image is a kind of fuel, and a reminder to have courage and START…<\/p>\n

Begin anywhere.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We know that once we do, any fear will recede and ideas will come to meet us. Gary Snyder described this very amazing and mysterious process in “How Poetry Comes to Me<\/em>“*<\/p>\n

It comes blundering over the<\/em>
\nBoulders at night, it stays<\/em>
\nFrightened outside the<\/em>
\nRange of my campfire<\/em>
\nI go to meet it<\/strong> at the<\/em>
\nEdge of the light\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

We take heart in the idea that each day, each moment, is a blank canvas…with many ways to make a mark…<\/p>\n

\"Ugo
Ugo Mulas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

*The Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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