Pilgrimage. The open book
might have been Homer's epic poem
of how Odysseus returned to Ithaca.
Thought about this, paint brush in hand.
Painted my copy of The Odyssey
into the picture. Beside it a sketch pad.
In the background,
a wall in my new studio, painted white.
It was late summer, and I had been walking in the hills.
Outside my window while I was painting,
a group of musicians passed by,
carrying their instruments in cases:
violins, flutes, French horns, a tuba, a cello.