Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Convergence

                                                                                                 Author: Basile Morin
Image: The 'Perspective' frequently used by the artist 
showing a parallel progression that appears to converge
at the end with a central vanishing point accentuating 
the mobility and movement effects (here)

11 of 12 given words:
stony silent resume read stiff  admire 
signed, dated routine, bridge 
crosswalk (a pedestrian crossing)

Convergence (Jackson Pollock)
in stony silence somewhat a resume
to read across a masterpiece on canvas

a scene in living perspective not seen as
stiff but appears to be moving with lots 
of mobility in a creative effort for others
to admire typically signed and dated

in loud colours splashed liberally across
a surreal abstract very much routine to
the artist but one of its kind to the critic
more so to a keen connoisseur of art

the current craze of pour acrylic using
the paraphernalia of objects not just brushes
and turpentine of old but glue, resin and 
even a hairdryer makes it a discovery over the 
bridge and mysterious crosswalk of creativity

Note: Hank decided to change the title from 
'A Painter Without a Brush’ (Gerhard Richter) 
to 'Convergence' (Jackson Pollock)

Laura's at d'Verse's Poetics: The Poet as Painter
MMT's The Whirligig #311

6 comments:

  1. Excellent Hank, making good use of the given words.

    Yvonne.

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  2. The fascinating thing about art is each viewer will have a unique reaction ... perspective. Well done, Hank.

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  3. the final verse conjures the process brilliantly!
    p.s. one small point but the prompt requests that the poem is titled the same as the artwork except I made an error (oops) and Richter is the painter without a brush and that painting is merely "abstract iii"

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  4. I love this, especially the last verse!

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  5. I love how you brought out all the other tools except the brush... yes painting is more than easel and brush these days.

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  6. What a creative use of art in itself, using other tools. The effect is lovely anyway!

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