Ecphrastic poetry Poetry of empathy

What colors, textures, and patterns do you see in the painting?

What about the woman? What's she looking at? What's her story?

What emotions does this painting evoke in you?

Enter into the spirit and feeling of the subject (person) of the art through a variety of methods: describing, noting, reflecting, and addressing

Each living being Is an undiscovered poem Of beauty and love

Describe what you see in detail, step by step

Each wrinkle is a telling of a journey

Imagine this young girl talking to you. What would be say?

What are you wondering as you look at the picture?

Empathy is a door for the true Self to emerge and flourish

If you could speak to the woman, what would you say?

Reflect upon what you see ; mediate upon the moment of viewing

Standing close and holding the space So the true YOU can emerge Together we expand New paths of understanding and discovery open before our eyes in our hearts and in our minds

Empahty.offered space to be To be understood To be received To be heard To feel the closeness of another and yet be separate Space to stretch and be our true Self