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Primal Properties

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(19th century Tibetan Wangden rug)

Primal Properties

I look around at all the art I have collected
An assortment of inherited, home made and bought,
Ranging from African to Asian to Persian
With a smattering of European and American 
In paintings and ceramics, carvings and weavings,
And the quality of primitive earthy energy
Is what strikes me most.

There is a refinement of technique in many
But it’s the primal essence 
This technique is serviced to express,
The marriage of natural materials
And natural sensibilities 
Through the transpersonal lens 
Of a supernatural force
That defines it,
The definition being one of feeling/perception
More than verbalized thinking.

What is this irrepressible force
Our bodyminds create with these primal properties?

Life.

(11/18/24)

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