"Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colors, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential." -
Hello toadies and roadies...wishing you a happy Friday and a good weekend, while we choose a piece of Chelsea Bednar's artwork, provided for our inspiration by Margaret on Day 12 of our April poem-a-day challenge at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads.
I can't help but wonder how many of us have been regular, daily contributors since this not-an-April-fool's-day-joke began. I've thought of going back and making a list, but that sounds too much like work. I'm sure, by month's end, someone (much smarter than I) will be able to tell us who hung in here, who skipped a day, who doubled-up after missing a day, and who dropped out altogether.
In the meantime, we have had several pieces of Chelsea's art from which to choose, plus a quotation Margaret provided, which blurs the line between artist and poet. Distilled, it says "in order to be an abstract painter, you must be a true poet"! I'm glad it didn't say "in order to be a poet, you must be a true abstract painter" because that would have left me out.
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| Original artwork by Chelsea Bednar |
the girls sat at the river's mouth
and contemplated nature
referring to a heavy book
"Botanical Nomenclature"
they made a list of all they saw
and entered it on a cell phone
and made a drawing of each leaf
and flower and stem and rhizome
it took them days (they had a tent)
to draw each plant they saw then
but on they drew, and on and on,
for a whole long weekend
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| publicdomainpictures.net George Hodan |
exhausted,
they
trudged
home, on
Tuesday
morning,
waking
parents,
siblings,
dogs,
with
hardly
any warning,
but they learned well,
and knew full well
they didn't like botanical-ing,
but they are well-known artists now
with a large botanical following
Kay Davies, April 12, 2013
13 comments:
Yes, This reminds me of a leaf imprint.... or a river's ripple...
I loved your comment about not having to be a painter to be a poet, but flip it around and I believe it to be true.
...makes me think of Mama Zen's prompt the other day ... there was someone who enjoyed detailing nature.
I like the story you wove around this interesting black and white image.
This is really clever, Kay!
I'm afraid I've been bitch-slapped, Kay. I tried to contribute, but found many prompts have not inspired and my recent bout with depression, and arthritis, demanded I write to heal my pain.
My poetry links were deleted as margaret told me I lnked to the wrong challenge. I guess it was another post, the official NaPoWriMo site, that said we should feel free to contribute what were were inspired to write.
I'm so sad, Kay. Such a tough week.
Lots of snappy rhyming - yay!
Aren't we glad the girls did not lose that passion .. AND ~ you got me! I'm an April double dipper and then some.
Funny how that works! ;-)
I enjoyed this story of the girls drawing the plants! And I hope no one is really keeping count of who's keeping up because already I have missed a day--but I put up two on one day so does that count? LOL
There is just a huge exposition of Kandinsky in Brussels in the Museum of Modern Art I haven't been there yet but will go when Claudie (ex blogfriend) will arrive on Sunday and stay 5 days !
This was fun - and I could see the girls in the image. Well done, Kay:-)
You take me back to my Plant Materials classes, Kay. Though we didn't have to draw, thank goodness--no one would ever have been able to tell which plant was which. I like the way you illustrate how one discipline may lead to a totally different place than expected.
What a challenge to draw and capture those botanical gems ~ Good for them if they are well known artists now ~
I agree Kay this was very clever ;D
I loved reading the story around it~
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