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Archive for February 2008

tulips

In poetry on 29 February 2008 with 41 comments

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” (mahatma gandhi)

“The more ugly, older, more cantankerous, more ill and poorer I become, the more I try to make amends by making my colors more vibrant, more balanced and beaming.” (vincent van gogh)

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always a contradiction
gentle strength resides
vibrant colour bounces
soft beauty [...]

elegance

In poetry on 27 February 2008 with 26 comments

“Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.” (coco chanel)

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she moved with timeless grace
colour streaming from eyes
formed
lips
soft sighs
her life filled with the stories
remembered and forgotten
harsh words scrapped across a bruised knuckles
as she [...]

i am art

In enjoying on 26 February 2008 with 33 comments

“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” (oscar wilde)

*(top two photos by Joan LoCicero in her studio)

About a month ago, I received an absolutely beautiful gift in the mail. As I pulled the heavy frame out of the box, I gasped with awe [...]