The Unwritten Biography of Rambrandt -1620 - 1699

Without a word - you speak to me through particles of pigmentation For centuries held within the grip of linseed oil Where now I gaze upon the many faces that you wore And their beauty shakes me to the very core For in each one I see and feel the life you lived All the different stages - on which you played Each faze of life - portrayed in raw emotion So powerfully and brilliantly displayed: Surprise, confusion, anger and mockery, Humbleness, arrogance and gaiety Contentment, resentment, agitation and condemnation Impatience, sadness, bitterness, and sorrow And finally resignation all conveyed - In vibrant shades of autumn leaves That without a word, so loudly and profoundly - speak to me. ~~~~ Written: July 8, 2011 - 0:03 a.m. Inspired By Brian Strand’s contest: POETA -ANY FORM/ THEME max 15 lines Awarded: 1st Place ~~~~~~ Note from author as taken from Time Life Library of Art: No artist has left a loftier of more penetrating persoanal testament than Rembrant van Rijn. In more than 90 portraits of himself that date from the outset of his career in the 1620's to the year of his death in 1669, he created an autobiography in art that is the equal of the finest ever produced in literature---even of the intimately analytical Confessions of St. Augustine.