Sp the 5th Element of Art

a confessional
                 age
in the culture
of 
  narcissism

sub-conscious
               & disguised
ubiquitous
sits 
   the selfie-soul

overshadowed
by
obsession

in the
   making
      a mirror
myth
for
  others
to
   see

artekphrasis

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Sara Kendrick

September 3, 2021 at 6:13 AM

The making of mirror myth for others to see. LOL..My daughter put on her FaceBook page pictures of my husband and myself over the past few years and I think they were mostly taken Easters or Mother's Day or Father's Day and I can see myself age in them. I know I am aging but it is plain as day in those pictures. Thanks for your visits. Sara

Brian Strand

September 3, 2021 at 6:41 AM

Yes Sara,the outside reveals the number but the iinside stays ypung as it always has been(especially the tongue ! as James reiminds us)

Gary Radice

August 31, 2021 at 2:52 PM

An Ekphrasis for the Facebook generation. I really like this Brian and would be interested to hear how it should be recited.

Brian Strand

September 1, 2021 at 12:45 AM

Cheers Gary,SP(selfies)date back before flat mirrors,..with my open form ,participation is the key..the recitor&their breath length decides the pace ,thus making a unique event each time.