Bare bones lightning sketch,
tree branch arms;
face in focus.
Sky eats hair,
devours softer beauty,
leaves stark silhouette unsexed.
Result?
Uncomfortable wake of abandonment
follows artist on imagination's ocean
as her ship sails.
When I saw this Mary Cassatt's painting which Tess chose for her Mag 167 I was overwhelmed by a sense of 'something not quite real' - possibly created in part by the title. If it had been called 'Le Spectre de la Rose' after the ballet by that name, it would have caused me no problem. But 'Young Woman Picking The Fruit Of Knowledge'? That disturbed me. Hence my strange, not-quite-real-non-poem, poem for today.
I am eager to see all the interpretations of this startling painting. Yours is interesting and unique.
ReplyDeleteThe picture struck me in a similar way. Not finished and the head, well looks like a man ? Just like 'Le Spectre de la Rose' !
ReplyDeleteLovely... I especially like:
ReplyDeleteSky eats hair,
devours softer beauty,
leaves stark silhouette unsexed
Offbeat and fresh; well done.
ReplyDeleteyour poems are always so wonderful to read! Have a lovely week!
ReplyDeleteYou are right; the painting has a disturbing feeling of non-completion.
ReplyDeletePainting IS very incomplete and I like your interpretation.
ReplyDeleteThe bare bones stretching away from the formed and colored portion of the body is definitely unsettling! Is the painting incomplete or 'disintegrating' ... that is my question. Your take on the image is so interesting!
ReplyDeleteInteresting that we can't see the fruit she is allegedly picking, although she seems to have her gaze fixed on it. I like the result you have achieved from the prompt picture.
ReplyDeleteDisturbing it is - but I loved the ballet. :)
ReplyDeleteMe too cad - will you book us some tickets for one soon?
DeleteI really admired how you tuned into the art so completely..thanks for the journey!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your 'strange' poem ....
ReplyDeleteBare bones and sky eating the hair...brilliant...I think this piece is a study...an unfinished painting...perhaps that's why it's so unsettling to you...
ReplyDeleteUncomfortable wake of abandonment
ReplyDeletefollows artist on imagination's ocean
as her ship sails
Unfulfilled dreams and writer's block can the main pillars of frustrations to the artist. The idea is to soldier on and make the best of them. Nicely Jinsky!
Hank
Interesting imagery - you really created an ethereal tone. "Sky eats hair" was my favourite line.
ReplyDeleteWhere one thing begins and the other never ends...sky eats hair.. I like that, it encapsulates how everything is connected I think. Happy sunny day to you Jinksy!
ReplyDeleteYou made my day!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pleasure to read this...
I would rather pick the clouds
I take your point. Disturbance creates disturbance.
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