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Art Comes

On a day when nothing pleases you, not land, sea or sky - art comes. You see a distant view as if it were unmasked of all space in-between. You feel an interiority; like a snake you shed preconceptions. Art recognizes what distance has developed between the eye and the viewed, then brings it to the unseeing as something very close, unexpected and newborn. At that moment land, sea and sky have become an otherness. A blossoming of a stranger world, that has yet to be imagined.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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Date: 2/9/2020 2:37:00 PM
Dear Eric, We sense the difference as we are forgetful of the fact of how pristine we were in our divine self. We theorize simplicity, explore beauty, bypassing the spirituality in it. And do not think that, I am talking about religiosity, I am talking about spirituality, a selfless state mingling in everything. I used to shower in front of my baby boy when he was in his first year. I saw me in his innocent eyes. He forgot, I could not. Tamanna
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Eric Ashford
Date: 2/9/2020 3:16:00 PM
Hi Tamanna, I hope never to deny the spiritual nature behind every perception. All too often perception (and what we think we see) blinds us to the Art of Really Seeing. Liked your thoughts and recollections. Thank you.
Date: 1/10/2020 11:14:00 AM
Delicious lines, your imagery and creativity are royal sisters. Nice reading from the pen of your mind. Happy 2020.
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Eric Ashford
Date: 2/9/2020 3:13:00 PM
Thank you Funom, always good to get positive feedback on this.
Date: 1/8/2020 1:04:00 AM
Great tribute, Eric.
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Eric Ashford
Date: 1/8/2020 1:32:00 AM
Thank you L G. your insightful comments are always welcome.

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