{"title":"Oil Paintings","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"mysteries-yes-2025-copy","title":"\"Tumbled Pine Needles,\" 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnframed!\u003cbr\u003e20x24 inches\u003cbr\u003eOil on stretched canvas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed after an excerpt from the poem \"Reckless\" by Mary Oliver: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReckless Poem\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMary Oliver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday again I am hardly myself.\u003cbr\u003eIt happens over and over.\u003cbr\u003eIt is heaven-sent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt flows through me\u003cbr\u003elike the blue wave.\u003cbr\u003eGreen leaves — you may believe this or not —\u003cbr\u003ehave once or twice\u003cbr\u003eemerged from the tips of my fingers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esomewhere\u003cbr\u003edeep in the woods,\u003cbr\u003ein the reckless seizure of spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough, of course, I also know that other song,\u003cbr\u003ethe sweet passion of one-ness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust yesterday I watched an ant crossing a path, through the\u003cbr\u003etumbled pine needles she toiled.\u003cbr\u003eAnd I thought: she will never live another life but this one.\u003cbr\u003eAnd I thought: if she lives her life with all her strength\u003cbr\u003eis she not wonderful and wise?\u003cbr\u003eAnd I continued this up the miraculous pyramid of everything\u003cbr\u003euntil I came to myself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd still, even in these northern woods, on these hills of sand,\u003cbr\u003eI have flown from the other window of myself\u003cbr\u003eto become white heron, blue whale,\u003cbr\u003ered fox, hedgehog.\u003cbr\u003eOh, sometimes already my body has felt like the body of a flower!\u003cbr\u003eSometimes already my heart is a red parrot, perched\u003cbr\u003eamong strange, dark trees, flapping and screaming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_wrapper\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45736505770173,"sku":"OC25008","price":270.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/0114\/9373\/files\/etsy9.png?v=1759000111"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.alyssahamiltonart.com\/collections\/oil-paintings.oembed","provider":"Alyssa Hamilton Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}