I draw a curve around the door of consciousness …
And draw [myself] within …
The folded hands of revelation
Holding the core, the pith, the kernel of quiet,
Of subjectivity, close-leaved, like a budded plant,
Close-winged like a resting bird.

 
“Curve of Quiet”
Amy Bonner

[Tumbler, from my Nota Bene series, was presented in the “Abstract ’19” Exhibition at the Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina, May 13-26, 2019.]