"Sky In Winter" by Kasamatsu Shiro

I year and a half ago I wrote about Kasamatsu Shiro's print Summer Night. Here we meet again on the opposite side of the seasonal cycle.

Flutters, then stillness. A spattering of chirps, and then only the soft sound of the wind blowing through the pale and spindly trees. Branches reach across the scene like rushing waters. Some of the birds swim with the stream while others cling to twigs like buds waiting to bloom.

"Summer Night" by Kasamatsu Shiro

Night sky brings no relief from the summer heat. Still, in the heat there is radiance. A great, glowing sunflower in the sky. Yellow light after the sun has gone to bed. Open pedals after the flowers have closed up shop. And heat. Heat that radiates from the fire in the sky like a dragon's breath. That spills and swirls through the atmosphere like green soup. Heat that kills the stomach's desire for food, and yet here, tonight, the eyes feast.