What we see

So much of what we see — or think we see — 

Is conditioned by experience and expectations, 

Which means our observations and opinions 

Are always colored by the filters 

Through which we view the world. 

And so where I might see a continent 

Torn apart by dissension, 

You might see a fish, or a horse, running free,

Or something else altogether.

Which is why I paint without intention 

And allow the painting to shape itself 

On the chance it might have different messages 

For different viewers.