Sonatas XI-20 (The Awakening)

Rae Anne giggled, “Cecil! He blew a Faerie off your head,
You didn’t see it, but she was about to pull your hair!”
The Faerie scolded, “Admonish Rock Face! He should not dare!”

Rock Face laughed and blew away more vengeful Fae
“I’ll teach them manners myself, my children, I say!
Men are younger, these silly ones, don’t you know
Younger, but bigger, humans surely do grow.”

The Faerie softly jabbered in Fae speech to Rock Face
Rock Face laughed and spoke back - his words quick - like a race
“The Fae are inviting you all over that way to the Faerie Tree
It’s down that trail just ahead. Oh! what sights you will see!”

“Don’t go yet, You all must wait”
The guide got a nod from Rock Face with his stony pate,
“He’ll lead the way, for he knows
He’s been there before, he sees which way to go.”

“There are things I must tell you - now that you hear me too -
You’d better get your worldly cynicism under control
Or the only parts of the magic you’ll find are goblins and trolls,
The dark magic that robs the light from your soul.

“You’d best find the goodness in the people and things that you view”
Then Cecil said, “We hear you and the Fae now. You know that we do”
Rock Face chided, “Let the sarcasm leave you and you’ll see what is true,
‘Till then, let Brendan lead you, and the quiet Dwade too.”

The photo was taken in September of 2020 with a Pentax 67 medium format SLR equipped with a 105 mm f/2.4 SMC Pentax 67 lens on Ilford HP5+ film. The negative was enlarged optically with a Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 100 mm f/5.6 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.

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