the poetic image is sudden
psychologists and psychoanalysts can never really explain the unexpected nature of the poetic image
the sudden flare-up of being that happens in the imagination
it's metaphysical
when confronted with a poetic image we experience a resonance with deep repercussions
something about it seems really true
we are pushed over a border line within us
between non-knowing and knowing with all our hearts
our soul responds
our inner light
I brought three linen cloths to work on
while Ned and I are in Mexico for a bit
last night I realized that I could look at them as sculptures and photographed them hanging from the outdoor shower in the balcony
Gaston Bachelard has written about the poetic image in
the Poetics of Space
the poetry of the artist's eye
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely work, and words. The ghostly hand behind the sheer linen cloth is beautiful. And the words "outdoor shower on the balcony" fill me with longing for warmth on this bleak November day in England!
ReplyDeletethe heat is very healing and makes life easier xo
Deletepoem’, from poiein (Greek) a verb, (to)‘create’.
ReplyDeleteI have loved this idea.
And how you and Bachelard see poety in everything: exactly
how we should live.
I didn't know that greek word. Thank you for teaching me about it xo
DeleteIntriguing!
ReplyDeletethe cloths take on a personality when they are hung like this, allowing us to see through them and in between their folds xo
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