In art class we memorialized ourselves making plaster face castsA time stamp to last over all our years to comeOur … More
Tag: #Art
On Seeing Hiroshige’s Sudden Rain
The seven on the bridge must deal with storm circumstancesBeings battered by a fearsome downpourCaught in the sudden deluge, some … More
At the Louvre Museum
Amazing how quiet the multitude of viewersCompared to the works that speak to usEach visitor drawn to something somewhere hereThis … More
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Five consonants and three vowelsCombine to create 28 charactersThe Korean alphabet“Hangeul”A simplified writing system for the peopleIts ease of comprehensionPromotes … More
Nighthawks
As a child he dreamedOf being a knight in shining armorSlaying dragons and winningThe fairest maiden in the landBenighted by … More
The Cube
I was riding the Pacific Heights bus toward Ward Avenue when I saw the smoke. As we neared the source, I … More
Unquieting Quiet
Quiet melodyA gentle mind daydreamingImagines pleasant lives picturedCut into silent stone definedChiseled shapes of unheard soundMolded solid that the waking … More
No Toying Around with This Unhappy Meal
Right outside my window I watch them ripple,the woven snares, feather tapestries billowing lighton intermittent breezes turning art into performance. … More
A Face
The Gyeongju National Museum houses a collection of art and artifactsspanning the 1000-year history of the Korean peninsula’s Silla period.The … More
A Creativity Mystery
I learned recently that Claude Monet wanted mostto paint the air between himself and his subject.I’m still trying to wrap … More
Looking As If She Were Alive (for Robert Browning)
The last meaning what? This guy.I’ve read enough stories, seen enough movies and TV showsto know that there’s always the … More
No More Nice Things
Crayon and magic markers that never came off the walls;paint on the carpets and doors;knife and screwdriver carved furniture and … More
I’ll Be Your Roadie
You’ve brought us to The Golden Palace Restaurant in order for you to assess the plausibility of bidding on a … More
A Mechanical Alarm
That was not what I heard, not what I heard, the force of wind, not the tall trees creaking as … More
The Kindness of Strangers
My first visit to Tate Britain, walking through the entrance, takes my breath away. It would necessitate much running if … More
Mr. Balloon Animal Man
When I do a thorough spring cleaning every five or ten yearsof random areas in my house, I’ll find things … More
Your Life As Lovers
Even confined within these walls . . . If I am a painter living all alone on earth,painting for no … More
Starry Night
All nature towers over and around us, ancient forests and hills ever surround us, the moon and stars and endless … More
Escher’s “Three Worlds”
You appear to glide secret keeper of the third world swim beneath leaves scattered about the water’s surface second world … More
The Feud
The Elgin Marbles have stood up well, true, not wasting much under the rude press of time, considering their grief … More
Lanning Lee 