Abandoning Studies

 

I do not know What salmon do After they leave their young In a cloud of milk Or where they go Or why lovers die And I do not want to

I am content to be Brave and blind. The sages wrote Their names in sand Watched the Mystery wash ‘I do not understand’ With wave on wave of wind Padraig Fiacc

Abandoning Studies was the first poem of Padraic Fiacc’s which I interpreted as a print. It was conceived as a small piece about 3″ square and a limited edition produced using the waste block technique. There is some variation within the edition due to the difficulty of controlling the gradation of inks which create the transitions in the background.