– After Hua Xi, Everything lies in all directions I dab dioxazine purple, one of the bluest shades of violet, on the blank canvas. If I left it undiluted, unchanged by human hand, it would pass for deep black, its own self, or a metaphor of color, potential, vibrance. I am one who adulterates, alters […]
Archive for the ‘Transformation’ Category
Mixed on the canvas
Posted in Painting, Transformation on February 23, 2023 | 1 Comment »
Innocent, this need for breath
Posted in Aging, Dreams, Rock formation, Transformation, Women on October 3, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
Rousted from buxom dreams, hunched like a tramp, she crept along the thin knife’s edge, then curled, petal-soft, averting pursuit.
Threshold
Posted in Nest, Renewal/rebirth, Transformation, Writing on July 4, 2022 | 4 Comments »
Some summer mornings I resist the invitation to greet the day on the page, murmur excuses within the crowded clamor – too cold, too gray, too late – then the seagull flies overhead, mouth dangling dark matter extracted from a neighbor’s gutter, to the nest I cannot see but must be close.
Déjalo ir / Letting go
Posted in Acceptance, Dance, Renewal/rebirth, Surrender, Transformation on May 25, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
Déjalo ir – Para Leona, con sus colores vibrantes en su interior. Gracias por recordármelo. ¿Cuántas veces me ha sido invitado?
A fait accompli
Posted in Poetry, Transformation on January 6, 2022 | 2 Comments »
The fatted calf awaits its unbeknownst sacrifice not the only to suffer the forgiven’s return. The foal heat signals false readiness, coupling too soon for my body to sustain. The feared self manifests the dreaded future here my transformation inescapable. The fluted glass prolongs effervescence, bubbles float up, tickle your nose before I sour and […]