One Salvador Dali

subconscious genius by painting your own nightmares enlightened my dreams By David Kavanagh

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Di11y Da11y

Date: 10/29/2023 6:18:00 AM

Wow! I love this... I can't think of anything clever to say, just that I picked something at random and was like 'yes!' totally suits my kind of poetry :)

David Kavanagh
Date: 10/29/2023 7:41:00 AM

A Dilly Dali kind of poetry lol, yes why not, I think you two could’ve collaborated on even deeper levels of the subconscious, thanks so much cheers David

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 2/25/2021 6:01:00 AM

He is my favorite! This is terrific. I would have labeled it senryu which to me is a poem that is is 5-7-5 about people not nature but you may do what you want being the creator. Lovely!

David Kavanagh
Date: 2/25/2021 6:09:00 AM

Thanks Caren, I’m forever blurring the lines between haiku and senryu, I will remember this advice, especially in contests, cheers David

Christopher Flaherty

Date: 6/26/2020 2:52:00 PM

Art is wasted on me sadly David i would have to or go so far as to call or consider myself a cultural philistine Went to the Louvre seen the Mona Lisa and thought are you kidding me what the hell was all the fuss about i dont know exactly what i was expecting but was not impressed at all. It was probably 1 of the least impressive painting in the hole museum itself

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 6/27/2020 6:13:00 PM

Exactly David We are all imitators in some way paying homage to those who inspired us

David Kavanagh
Date: 6/27/2020 6:15:00 AM

Absolutely it’s all about influence on our imagination and Dali certainly captured mine

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 6/26/2020 5:43:00 PM

That's the point about taste its your own personal choice and what inspires or touches some base instinct inside you. If it makes you feel something doesnt it then inspires you to want to emulate or express it in your own creative capacity or medium like your poem David

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 6/26/2020 5:30:00 PM

Yeah David i was looking around and thinking is it just me or is this not wierd. Why am i and are we supposedly in the house of God looking at pagan art am i stupid and missing the punch line and if so can someone please explain it to me also

David Kavanagh
Date: 6/26/2020 3:47:00 PM

Don’t get me wrong I’m not that inspired by the Mona Lisa myself, but the first time I seen a Dali painting I actually thought I was dreaming, the surreal realism of his work blew my mind, I’ve never been to the Vatican, that sounds pretty weird pagan paintings, adorning the museum walls, love your analogy about Everton in anfield esp after last night cheers David

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 6/26/2020 3:03:00 PM

I also went to the Vatican museum David and could not quite get my head around the fact that given being in the Vatican all about Christianity . If not all but the majority of the art work on display was statues and paintings dedicated to Roman and Greek Pagan Deities not about Jesus . I found that very odd you wouldn't go to Anfield and expect to see statues or pictures of Everton players