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In honor of spring, here is a poem that has inspired me to be "hugely extravagant" as an artist. Enjoy! Love, Marie

WHEN THE ROSES SPEAK, I PAY ATTENTION

"As long as we are able to be extravagant we will be hugely and damply extravagant. Then we will drop foil by foil to the ground. This is our unalterable task, and we do it joyfully."

And they went on. "Listen, the heart-shackles are not, as you think, death, illness, pain, unrequited hope, not loneliness, but lassitude, rue, vainglory, fear, anxiety, selfishness."

Their fragrance all the while rising from their blind bodies, making me spin with joy.

Mary Oliver from "Thirst", a collection of poems