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Sonatas VII-14 (Grandioso con Molt'Espressione)

Around the rocks I followed then
A band of faeries round the bend -
Into a woodland faerie clearing
Amid ascending swirls of leaves and light
Their joyful songs I'm hearing!
In the last bright rays of light
The sun descends - Oh! See them fly!
Faeries dancing with leaves whirling,
Winding, flying toward the sky!
Swooping, flashing in the sunset
Clearing branches, trunks of trees,
Every color catches light in bright crescendos endlessly.
Silver flickers on the ground
Sparks of gold and copper all around
I stood in wonder at what I'd found -
At what I'd been allowed to see.
The thoughtless see a forest trail, some trees,
They miss the music; the light; the songs;
They see no magic at all -
They'll think I got it wrong...

13823-1 scanThe 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.

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