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Welcome to my monthly Artblog which features tips and observations about the painting process and art in general, photographs as well as poetry. The blog is dedicated to my teachers and mentors. Their expertise, encouragement, trust and honest critique have guided me, and continue to inspire me through the meanders of the painting process.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Silent Dialogue With The Canvas (a poem)

Silent Dialogue With The Canvas . July, 2008


Silent Discussions

Leave the outside for a while

And talk to me silently

In the language of sunlight

With nuanced pauses

Long suspended expressions

In quiet acquiescence

We understand each word

Like a breeze reaching out

To touch spaces in the mind

Together soon yielding

To a common vocabulary

Of primal known purpose

Tuned in to the same frequency

Weightless words carry me

Beyond obscure semantics

Towards translucent radiance

As ripe as autumn colors

Behind familiar vineyards

Talk to me in silent whispers

The language of a new moon

When our bodies revealed

And feelings anchored

In soundless undulations

Dancing to serene tunes

Still magical ballades

Moments in the heart halted

Soft sighs and rhythms

In silent discussions

You lead I follow

What cannot be understood

In our ordinary words

Talk to me in riddles

An ancient liquid language

As natural as ocean air

As soft as sea foam

Talk to me in your tongue

Move me in metaphors

Sway me to your beat

Velvet steps to the sea

Take me into your eyes

Towards what is meant

In silent discussions for me


Yvette Isabelle Stenzel , July, 2008

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