22 May 2011

Set In Stone?

Inside its block of stone, a latent being communicates with the sculptor, imprints its image and gives him no rest. It wills him to wield hammer and chisel to work towards its release. Driven by creative urges, the stonemason sets about rescuing embryonic beauty, like a surgeon performing a Caesarean section to save a life.

One Stop Poetry  has given us this picture prompt challenge, featuring the work of Walter Parada, and I've chosen to write 55 words for it.
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18 comments:

  1. Brian Miller22 May 2011 at 11:57

    nice...love that you focused on the artist endeavor to bring something out in the art...be it the sculptor or the photographer...i have felt that...

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  2. Kerry O'Connor22 May 2011 at 12:24

    What a brilliant conception of the art of sculpture!

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  3. Unknown22 May 2011 at 12:54

    many times the artist is left behind when the creation is finished.your insight into the mind of the sculptor is brilliant.

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  4. Glynn22 May 2011 at 12:59

    The red banner infuses life into what would otherwise be something completely stone. And you captured that here. Good poem.

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  5. Fireblossom22 May 2011 at 14:57

    Just like I know there's a poem soemwhere on that blank page...

    ;-)

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  6. Louise22 May 2011 at 15:30

    Impressive image and words!

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  7. Li22 May 2011 at 16:01

    That's an excellent analogy, the sculptor as surgeon/obstetrician/midwife. It's somewhat the same for a writer, is it not? The story/poem demanding to be written, and often on its own terms! :)

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  8. Penny22 May 2011 at 16:27

    Wow! Powerful work. It captured me from the start.

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  9. John (@bookdreamer)22 May 2011 at 16:45

    All sculptor's seen to say the same thing as freeing the form that is trapped and so giving it life

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  10. S and J22 May 2011 at 16:58

    captured the struggle and the victory of creation.I like these words very much.

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  11. imac22 May 2011 at 18:26

    Let the force of blood rush thru me,
    fire up thy spirit within me.

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  12. hedgewitch22 May 2011 at 18:50

    Love it. I too wrote a 55 for one of the other pics (the muscled hunk in the field) but it was too rude to post. ;-)

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  13. ds22 May 2011 at 21:07

    55 brilliant words, and wonderful imagery. Well done!

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  14. Anonymous23 May 2011 at 01:30

    good view of on being the creator of a piece of art.

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  15. Mystic Margarita23 May 2011 at 01:59

    powerful imagery. even with writing, it's the same -- living, breathing words try to communicate with the writer and once, they are deciphered, a masterpiece is born.

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  16. Helena White23 May 2011 at 03:35

    Driven by creative urges...like magic, something from nothing. Great write.

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  17. Margaret23 May 2011 at 05:32

    Very interesting. The sculptor has to listen and envision the life within the stone.

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  18. Steve Isaak23 May 2011 at 20:37

    Effective, analogic, solid work.

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