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Esther Williams Redux
Susan Weil, 2018
Reflections
We’re all
surrounded
by water
Whether we
swim
like a fish
Or wish
we could
It sustains us
Keeps us
buoyant
Protects us
in the womb
We dive
deep
and come up
gasping
Who can
remember
their first
transformative
gulp of air
For the Birds
Hay palomas in el parque?
It is a question
From my past.
A Spanish lesson
Imprinted in memory.
And my answer
At long last is
Si! There are pigeons
And pictures of pigeons.
There are shadow pigeons
And pictures of
The shadows.
There is white space
And black space
Negative space
And positive.
Although in reality
Reality is not
So clearly
Black and white
There are vast areas
Of gray matter
Arenas of indecision
Of confusion
Unclaimed territories
Of ennui
Aber yah. Hay palomas.
They're there.
Photo: Susan Weil'
Gemini Geometry
The golden section
Is mostly black
But the squares
Are gold
The octave is not
Octagonal
But keyed to
A parallel scale
Life circles inward
Unless as the universe
It is sailing out
I’m eighty light years
Into the human business
And still dancing
To the music
Of the spheres
Mixed media collage, Susan Weil
More Than for Scale
So much depends
On the black lines of the chair
The way they mimmic
The shadowed fingers
And reveal the softness
Of the rounded fist
And the tallness of the
Triangulated fingers
Rising like columns
Hand over hand
Supporting themselves
Mixed media, Susan Weil
Strewing Flowers by Zurbaran
Strewing Flowers
This detail (?) from a
detailed painting
by the Spanish
Baroque artist
Francisco de Zurbaran
(born in the 16century
painter in the 17th )
arrived electronically
digitized in an
email in the 21st
I suspect there is
something more
religious going
on than what you see
something pious or
bloody but for now I
want to revel in its
sensual tenebrism
and marvel at the
timeless beauty
of freshly cut flowers
Suzy in Williamsburg
There she sits
Kicking up her heels
Is it because it's her birthday
Or because she's at her studio
Or perhaps a bit of both
(I'd bet my top dollar
That it's more of the later)
