Saturday, March 17, 2018
Visions
One. And Done.
-My editor wants your vision
in words our readers get.
-Vision? Ponderous word to
face the world with!
-Bear with me.
-I just paint.
-Yes! Exhibit One, this Wawa Hoagie
so real I want to devour it! Ham,
Swiss, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onion!
Mayo-o-o-o!
-Me too.
-And Exhibit Two! This...thing.
-Same hoagie.
-I don’t wish to devour it.
-I do, and much else there.
-And not there?
-Especially.
-I’m getting this on tape, you know.
If you’d care to focus.
-Whole world’s on tape! Who gives a shit?
-If you do, it’s vaguely. Help me out here!
-Something more specific?
-Just a bit.
-Nippur was the Capital of Babylonian
Religion for three thousand years.
-Hooray for the Nippurians! But we’re
dealing with Americans who put bread
on the table.
-Hooray for them!
Labels: abstraction, art, artist, culture, exposition, painter, painting, realism
Wednesday, March 07, 2018
Discussion
-Jennifer and I impressed at…
the clarity of your incoherence.
-Good!
-That didn’t come out right. Let me…
-Not at all! I get you. A mess of facts,
and then I start listening to them.
Let them shape themselves.
-Most stop there, no?
-I guess. But I must shape further.
-When to stop?
-After finding the sound.
That knits it.
-Feels like an art.
-Doesn’t it?
Labels: art, exposition, facts, writing
