The Eye Should Listen
2009 - 11"x12" Acrylic, graphite, charcoal, newspaper, on wood.
Finished with two coats of Krylon Kamar Varnish #1312
(Private Collection - New York)

Date, April 8, 2009

If you have read through my bio & other write-ups, you know many of the images in my paintings are seen within the painting. This one is another great example. Watch the slideshow below and you will see the image of the cat (left) in the newspaper collage (slide #1). In slide #2, I draw the image with a pencil, and the painting progresses from there.

There is a poem within the newspaper collage made from the words and phrases within the Brooklyn Rail newspaper articles. This is the latest progression in my poetry. Rather than poems created from a single article, they are now coming from a collage of articles.

The Vibe Is Established
Blue poetry.
A particular obsession,
Between language and thought.
The eye should listen.

Language, a paradox.
Margins reverberate throughout,
Of proverbs trapped.
The possibilities.

Every dream is vital,
To the thinkers and stones.
Fused so seamlessly,
Without gray spaces.

Seeing a Chinese film.
Asking the same question.
Look, but not always.

 

The phrase "The eye should listen" stuck in my head and had some influence on the painting. The large flying eye is called The Eye of Horus and the image was taken directly from Wikipedia. I cut out the eye, glued it to my painting, and then painted it.

 

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