Cut away the frame from the poster. Remove eye make up and tomato-red lipstick. A woman with black hair and pale skin is staring back. It dawns on me that I am neither bound by my father's past nor my mother's fears. Today, I draw a road map in 4 seasons. Circles with red maple blooms and orange sky on winter palette. Here, I inhale lake's blue tides in spring. The summer night ripples with trickling rain in this corner. Off-tangent is autumn, kicking off gold-orange leaves to a bonfire. The collage is wet on my fingertips. Soil.
crescent moon is a fox
behind grey clouds- i paint
stardust and wild dreams
Last year in Capri by Martial Raysse
Posted for D'verse Poets Pub - Haibun Monday, hosted by Bjorn Rudberg.
Thanks for the visit ~
I really like the prose, the voice of being uprooted and set in foreign soil (the maple leaves and seasons)... and I do adore the haiku... the moon as a fox divine.
ReplyDeleteI love how you 'paint stardust and wild dreams' in this wonderful collage :o)
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of "draw[ing] a road map in 4 seasons" and viewing it as a collage.
ReplyDeleteA woman is so much more.
ReplyDeleteStardust and wild dreams...lovely.
ReplyDeleteThis dazzles, Grace. from moon as fox to stardust and wild dreams.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
Beautiful work of art.
ReplyDeleteWoman as fox spirit is of course a big theme in Japanese literature, so it's lovely to see you bringing that in. I love the interpretation you have given to that painting, but to be honest, I find it somewhat disturbing (that eye makes me think of domestic violence).
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLetting those dreams run wild is sure a fine way to be
ReplyDeleteBeautiful as always G
ReplyDeleteI thought it was the blank canvas most interesting, but really it's the story behind the work.
ReplyDeleteReally amazing Grace !
ReplyDelete♡♡♡
This is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI like this. It is so true what we find when we look in the mirror but then have to remind ourselves that underneath it all we are only bound to our own choices and even in that, we can change.
ReplyDeleteVery nice!
ReplyDelete"Today I draw a road map in 4 seasons." Love this especially.
ReplyDeleteI love the removal of the make-up. Well done. Enjoy your weekend.
ReplyDeleteMary Tyler Moore-ish.
ReplyDeleteand yes, you do paint those ~
..."limited neither by my father's past nor my mother's fears"....powerful words!
ReplyDeleteWow! This certainly sent my mind down an unexplored path to a place where I get to paint the glades. Brilliant!
ReplyDelete