Sunshowers, hailstorms, rainbows...Nature puts on quite a show for us in September, and I love nothing more than to view it from the box seat of my back deck, out onto the stage of my garden below here in Daylesford.
Last week Cecile and I went to visit Heide, the place where I had asked her to bind our love together with a commitment ceremony and where we now came to mark the year and one day later on which we had promised to renew the vows we made. It was a beautiful warm spring day, as we emerged from our hibernation to bask in all the potential which lies ahead at this time of the year. Blossoms have us ponder the brevity of this moment; daffodils illuminate all around. Anything seems possible in springtime.
The exhibition Born To Concrete was the standout this visit to Heide. Showcasing the works of the Concrete Poetry movement from the 60's, it was a reminder of the relevance of poetry and the written word as an art form. As a young and eager student of Fine Art in the 90's, I struggled creatively with the written word. Words dominated my life from a young age, and I left that degree still feeling a bit frustrated at what I felt was a lack of consolidation of my use of text within my art.
Here I am, years later, still writing and scribbling words straight from my heart. Even when I stopped drawing or printmaking, I never stopped writing in one way or another. Born to Concrete reminded me once again that the truth is; THE WORDS ARE MY ART.
Checkout Born to Concrete at HeideMOMA, til Sept 25th. http://www.heide.com.au/
Thanks to National Poetry Week for the inspiration.
Guys like this at Overload Poetry bring the Art of the Words out in the open and all over, where it belongs: http://overloadpoetry.org/
THESE WORDS
ARE MY VESSEL
THEY CARRY
IN THEIR
LEAKY ARMS
MY LIFE
MY VOICE
MY SHAME
MY HOPE
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| The words will write themselves either way. |
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| Journal Sketches; Self Portrait as a Chair. My beautiful Cecile began this project and I did one each day for 10 days. Such a great daily journal project; and I found myself using words in many of these sketches. |
