field note 01 — the waiting

The hardest part of a wash
is nothing you paint.

The shine leaves the paper.
Now the waiting begins — and it must not be touched.

field note 02 — the two failures

Patience is not a virtue here.
It is the medium.

Rush it, and the pigment blooms — a cauliflower edge.
Wet it too heavy, and it floods to the shoreline.

field note 03 — the same rule across two ledgers

Let it lie down and settle.

Overnight, the row sits where it was hiding.
By morning the balance reads reconciled.

A/R — line 17
field note 04 — the settling

Wet on wet, with patience.

The paint dries lighter, the numbers reconcile,
and the color sits where it decided to go.