Sonatas XI-21 (Enlightenment)

Sensing this was my time - I said, “The Fae will show me the way,
We’ll all follow together, where they led me on that day”
“Why did they lead you? And how did they, before you understood?”
I told them, “It was because I already believed when I entered the wood.”

“You believed in Faeries?” Dwade scoffed and laughed at me,
“I believed in the woods, and I hear and I see
With the eyes of a Seeker what is shown to me.”

“I search with faith and with reason for all that is and has been
That is why I find many things that aren’t readily seen”
Beau said, “Oh, whatever you think that means”
But Cecil said, “Look! I just filmed a cool scene!”

The photo was taken in June of 2019 with a Minolta X-570 35 mm SLR equipped with a 50 mm f/1.7 Minolta MD lens on Kodak Professional T-Max 100 film. The negative was enlarged optically with a Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 50 mm f/2.8 Schneider Componon-S lens on Ilford Multigrade FB Classic Double Weight Fiber Base silver gelatin photo paper. Processing was done archivally using Kodak chemistry, with a final toning with Kodak Rapid Selenium Toner, treated with hypo clearing agent, and washed in an archival washer.

All aspects of this print were handled in an authentic, pre-digital manner. Archival processing will ensure the maximum life span for this print.

This print (1/25) on 8” x 10” paper is available for purchase, mounted or unmounted. Please contact me if interested. Thank You.