Hunter's Impulse

Impulsive by nature his is a conviction to
strike when serendipitous opportunity beckons.
His elevated sense of aesthetic draws him
irresistibly to paintings of centuries before
to hand-crafted objects of elegant design
material and production of enduring
beauty. Clocks and porcelains, bronzes
and animalia animate his collector's eye
whetting his appetite for the chase. Enthused
to acquisition in a lifetime dedicated to
informing himself, refining his tastes
reflecting his own creative compulsion
as an artist and craftsman his criteria are
precise and instructive. His home burgeons
with decades of choice selections and he
recalls where each was discovered and
priced, his prized possessions. Yet there
is no end to the deep-seated urge that
overtakes his ongoing quest. A chance
sighting of a bronze sculpture, a prowling
tiger realized and cast impressively took
him aback, sending him into a frenzy of
rationalizing its possession. There it stood
beckoning. And the price? That too beyond
dispute and the seller seized the moment
closing on the opportunity that beckoned.