[Glenn Wright]

Hi, James—

Some beautiful language here. I must confess that I was unsure whether the N is a landscape painter telling his beloved that he cannot capture her in his painting, or a portraitist speaking to Nature admitting his inability to capture her nuances. The first reading makes more sense, and “your more /physical act of inspiration” would support a tangible object providing the inspiration, but the title, and his refusal to “scatter the water / with the bones of reflection,” seems to support the second reading.

Glenn