29 Sept 2013

The Artist

This night,
the land is bathed
with scent of coming rain,
storm-chased by wild clouds above
the path.

In awe,
the artist stands
transfixed by the beauty
as he wends his way uphill
to home,

his house
a solid shape
beneath the silhouette
of branches dancing in wind's
embrace.

One day,
paint on canvas
will imortalise it,
this fleeting moment in time,
this gift

which he
stores in his mind,
ready to begin work
as soon as daylight calls
"Morning!"

This week, I've used a detail (colour enhanced) from the Mark Haley image which Tess gave us for The Mag prompt today. It reminds me of a Constable painting...

25 comments:

  1. Lovely...I can smell that scent of rain in the air...

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  2. Excellent poem and I like what you did with the picture too:)

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  3. I like the idea of immortalizing a house.

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    1. Methinks it's the moment in time, rather than the house, that he wants to immortalise... :)

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  4. positively wonderful Jinksy! and I love the warm tones along with warm words..

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  5. oh to capture that fleeting moment....lovely piece!

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  6. Jinksy, I like what yu did with this prompt, immortalizing the moment--after all, one of the "duties" of art, sculptoring and photography, IS to view a moment or thought which might go unnoticed, and reveal it in a perspective which will not be easily forgot.
    GoooD !

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  7. Image is beautiful...and your words so capture the moments of experience.
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  8. Time lapsed eternity ... Small sliver therof, thanks ....

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  9. It is the joy of the artist - capturing time and place.

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  10. A excellent idea of blending it with an artist's work of art! Nicely Jinsky!

    Hank

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  11. Beautiful colouring for well chosen words.

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  12. Lovely - I just painted today myself!

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  13. Beautiful work! The artist comes alive through your words.

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  14. Ah, there is beauty found even on gray days if one looks for it. You have done a lovely job capturing the image!

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  15. I have walked in that part of Yorkshire. And read "Wuthering Heights" Your poem revieved memories for me.

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  16. Oh those fleeting moments Jinksy - if only we could immortalise them all.
    Anna :o]

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  17. A very good morning, indeed!

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  18. Oh ... I loved the vignette this piece paints ... it's so evocative. Such a nice bit of work this week!

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  19. I love your artist's hand and eye...you sure have imortalized this scene for me!

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  20. I saw rain as well. It's the images like, dancing branches that make my thoughts linger. Excellent path. I am excited to get your feedback on mine this week, a bit of something different for me. Brought to life from one of my favorite Renn-Fest acts!

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  21. Looks like he'll paint it a little more cheerfully. Nice!

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  22. Love the way you painted this poem, and the photo prompt.

    =)

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  23. This was well done..I think the artist caught the moment with wonderful words..

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