-by Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

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The Peace of Wild Things

Among Small Wonders 2026
acrylic gouache on canvas
30×40 inches

What We Hold Dear  2026
acrylic gouache on canvas in cherry wood foldable frame
20.5 x 33.1 inches 

A Small Season of Boyhood 2026
acrylic gouache on canvas
18×18 inches

Our Favorite Path 2026
acrylic gouache on canvas
76.2x60.96 cm 

Let’s Walk a Little Longer 2026
acrylic gouache on canvas
18×18 inches

Your Little World 2026
acrylic gouache on birch plywood
19.125 × 18.5 x 1.125 inches

A Quiet Afternoon 2026
acrylic gouache on birch plywood
11 x 5 x 1.125 inches

A Handful of Summer 2026
acrylic gouache on birch plywood
9.75 x 4.375 x 1.125 inches

A Room of One's Own 2026
acrylic gouache on birch plywood
9.125 × 3.75 x 1.125 inches

Puddle Day 2026
acrylic gouache on birch plywood
7.5 x 7.5 x 1.125 inches

Small Discovery 2026
acrylic gouache on birch plywood
5 × 8 x 1.125 inches