Lotus Sunrise in B♭ Major
2010 - 24" x 24" x 1.5" Acrylic, graphite, charcoal, oil pastel, newspaper, on wood.
Finished with two coats coats of Krylon Kamar Varnish #1312
(Available - $700 USD)

May 31, 2010

It's dawn, and the animals gather together for their morning trek. Giant green walking fish and snowy egret follow the scent of the lotus flower. The maestro, riding on the back of giant green walking fish is ready to conduct, with the sounds of nature as his orchestra. He recites a poem.

 

Sonic Parallels of the Zen

Your name is Clive.
Retain a numerical sequence of the raven hair.

To explain one, habitually between ones.
The first includes a second. Nine, ten, eleven, and then one.

Instinctually write for a few years.
Avoid the long answer.
Question, then ask.

Point to the misunderstood.
Describe a joke.
You mean diversion?
An articulate and extensive philosophy.

Cited as a composer of composing, an anti-composition.
Decidedly avante-garde.
Infamous perplexing works, Dada style.

Turn to the melodies in the ceiling fan.
Playing a note of the wind.
Imbuing enthusiasm of a true silence.
Pages of a blank score and not a single note.
Listen to it.

The tribe reaches the pink mountain tops of the forgotten world. A lotus flower rises from water, releasing the sun into the sky.

 

 

Background:
I continue to use the Brooklyn Rail newspaper as collage material and create poetry from the text. You can see most of the newspaper collage with the exception of what lies beneath the light blue rectangle (left side). If you are interested in reading the original articles, I have listed two of them below.

The Brooklyn Rail - March 2010
Waxing Ten: WaxFactory's Delirium 27 by Alan Lockwood
Quiet Riot by Margaret Eby

The painting originally started with no collage material. I was having trouble creating enough contrast between the animals and the blue background, so I added the newspaper collage. The poem was created next. I completed the painting, and wrote the short story about what the animals are doing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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