This is a full color book of paintings by artist Patrick Leach, volume one.

Also available in a full-color and kindle versions. This book asks important questions about being alive. Footprints on Fresh Snow. Defoliation of Self. Great Spirit. In the Bean Patch on a Warm Spring Day. I am a Swift Moving River. What If This Is Hell? My Love Is Afraid. Insatiable Love. Where Does It Hurt. The Sparrows Gather Here. A Man and a Woman. Perhaps This Is Paradise. Darkness Between Intervals. Intuit. The Dark Detour Down. At My Mother's Grave. Tomorrow I Live Or Die Inside. A Deadly Combination, Especially Tonight. A Porous Membrane. Why Do You Keep Coming Back? Night Crossing....

This is a book of poetry by Patrick J. Leach. It focuses on the symphony and meaning of being. The Symphony of Being (the deliverance) Compelling the way it plays out inside Once born the mystery derives Gathering momentum In the educated mind The value of learning goes well beyond Money earned and influence to wield Getting lost in library stacks Letting the mind go where it will The powers of discernment Like snowflakes building up on steps Leading up to my house The morass plays on The symphony of being The myriad of experience Like instruments playing mournful, soulful music To tantalize...