For Michael Newberry, Freedom to go Anywhere, Figure | Ground Gallery, June 1, 2023, Seattle, WA USA No need for an Oracle to predict the parent dethroned. A collective betrayal: to be outlived, outloved, no matter what we blame on the one who birthed the next generation, even if she bedded a god.
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His Danaë
Posted in Aging, Art, Legends and Mythology, Painting, Women on July 7, 2023 | 1 Comment »
For David
Posted in Art, Daughters, Fathers, Florence, Michelangelo, Pilgrimage on March 2, 2023 | 1 Comment »
Your veined hands, more alive in ghostly Carrera marble, more human towering three times the height of your Maker, curiosity beckons those who flock to you, their Pilgrimage of Selfies, unbelievers
Mixed on the canvas
Posted in Painting, Transformation on February 23, 2023 | 1 Comment »
– 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 […]
To be written
Posted in Art, Florence, History, Women, Writing on February 2, 2023 | 2 Comments »
When we are naked, we are unwritten… We only want to be written.– Orlando White, Discourse I cross cobbled streets, enthralled by street art, modern images adorning walls, utility box covers, traffic signs, there for every passerby, uncontained by museums
Mud Angels (Gli Angeli del Fango)
Posted in Flood, Florence, Natural Disaster, River, The Arts, The Shoah on January 23, 2023 | Leave a Comment »
Note: On the night of November 4, 1966 the Arno overflowed, reaching 10 feet above street level. It filled many of Florence’s historic streets, museums, churches, and libraries with mud. After the disaster, citizens and foreigners living in Florence took to the streets, museums, and libraries to salvage masterpieces and manuscripts from the mud, in the most uncomfortable […]