This painting by Silvia Williams seems to be in motion -- The sky slanting down toward the flowers; the flowers leaning toward the sky. Wouldn't it be nice to step into this meadow?
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Remote Benevolence
Across the day's page
...................... the sun script slants
.................to the lavender reaches:
the blood of the ground
............................ pulses inside rusty racemes.
Across the day's page
...................... the sun script slants
.................to the lavender reaches:
the blood of the ground
............................ pulses inside rusty racemes.
Hunger for light -
.......can we grasp its must?
................What does the flower tell
................What does the flower tell
the sun as it swallows?
.............The sun tells no one
what it knows:
The one who is most absent
is most present.
The one who is most absent
is most present.
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Am most taken with the comments on the painting as well as the poem. I can feel the absence, too. There are ethereal qualities to the lines of the poem.Is there an element of loneliness in the painting? Silvia
ReplyDeleteI would not call it loneliness. There is an element of distance or apartness. There is a strong sensation of being apart and seeing the scene. I think it enlivens the scene and helps it stand out as a presence-in-itelf, which adds to the beauty of the painting.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely poem - so fitting the painting.
ReplyDeleteI like the poem, James. Great metaphors. Am honored my painting inspired such beautiful words. Silvia
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