Day 365 of Year 2 (Actually Day 5 of Year 3)
I do want to take a moment to express gratitude to all those who have supported me in this project over the last two years. My family, friends and art besties, I hope you know how much you mean to me. You have made my work possible. My talented and amazing studio assistants, thank you for you hard work. Those of you who have purchased work, come to my shows and open studios, commented on my posts, and supported me on Patreon or otherwise, I can't thank you enough. This beautiful world has conspired to make my work possible and I am deeply grateful. Love Sybil
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees
,the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.