painting The Mona Lisa by Leonardo daVinci
"The way the smile flickers makes it a work of both art and science...
all of it goes into making the Mona Lisa's smile so mysterious and elusive." —
Walter Isaacson
I know something's wrong, when her brown eyes turn dark
yet when she is smiling, their green strikes a spark.
Note her long dark, black hair, deficient of style;
Tossing her head could make the smile more worthwhile.
While her ruby red lips lack any luster,
if she'd truly smile, I'd feel I could trust her.
The color of a smile that breaks forth unfurled?
It's charisma, pure light that brightens the world.
TWINKU a double word distich with integral title - Brian Strand
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DAVINCI
somber
mystery
RAJARAVIVARMA
details
texture
VANGOGH
vibrant
bold
The mind
its own place
be it heaven
or hell
The soul
but a bucket
to empty
or fill
Goya
a madman
DaVinci
extolled
Sharing
a genius
they fought
to control
Bleed out
the poison
death waits
to reclaim
Or memory
gets buried
and darkness
— remains
(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)
In shadowed halls, I've followed the quiet threads of power,
Charting each muffled cry, its subtle sway in time,
Silently navigating the veiled histories held in their gaze.
Indeed, the world is more than a stage for veiled hands,
And the moon a silent sentinel of their secret rites,
In hidden rooms, the sacred vow shifts to silent betrayal.
I turn not to the relics of old secrets worn thin,
Nor seek the stark truths in ruins of ancient bonds.
Shadows are draped like promises, speaking of deeper dawns.
I've roamed the archives under the quiet moon's watch,
Untangling the snarled webs of alliances that bind.
Yet, they hold fast.
Sometimes, I long for the veils to be drawn back completely.
In the quiet corridors, triumphs speak their tales;
The secret heart pulses with the rhythms of old truths.
I didn’t stay young
but I never got old
My cards often weak
when watching you fold
I sailed into weather
the saltiest balked
And bit off big pieces
while walking my talk
I painted with brushes
DaVinci had blessed
And wandered and wondered
much better than best
I took from my heart
and gave to my soul
The circle expanding
— three halves to my whole
(The New Room: April, 2024)
Your lifestyle is vibrant and restless
and from tiny towns to big cities
your search for human images
to paint very realistic faces!
And while you don't have the unique touch
of a Davinci or of a Caravaggio: you do excel,
many strangers from far places ring your bell:
they spend hours posing for a silver brooch!
Earning money is only for essentials,
no passion is more satisfying
to glance at your finished paintings
and wish they'd be talking!
Painter of realistic faces,
immortalize them with your magical brush!
Those men's stunning, hard bodies;
those woman's seductive, soft curves,
don't need any correction or a final touch:
your artistic talent amazes!
Your lifestyle is vibrant and restless
and from tiny towns to big cities:
your search for human images
to paint perfect, lifelike faces!
And while you don't have the unique touch
of a Davinci or of a Caravaggio: you do excel,
many strangers from far places ring your bell:
they spend hours posing for a silver brooch!
Earning money is only for essentials,
no passion is more satisfying
to glance at your finished paintings
and wish they'd be talking!
Painter of realistic faces,
immortalize them with your magical brush;
their perfect masculine and feminine images
don't need any correction or a final touch:
your artistic talent amazes!
Picasso, Michelangelo, DaVinci -
don't have anything on God's grandeur of fall
Quirks
Lennon and McCartney
Composed a song for harps,
But neither one was very good
At reading flats and sharps.
DaVinci was a total whiz
at graphic arts and science,
but could he run a marathon,
or wrestle with the giants?
Transformers bring us light,
As Tesla had some genius.
Yet, he had no business sense,
Thus perished impecunious.
Descartes declared, "I am,"
And Marx united workers,
But when it came to music,
Both of them were shirkers.
Socrates taught others
By making pointed queries.
Although he was illiterate,
We understand his theories.
Lincoln, Ford, and Edison
Are considered rather legend'ry.
But for all of their accomplishments,
They never finished second'ry.
The moral of the story is,
If your marks are wanting,
Do not be dismayed,
It's really not that daunting.
Each soul has its genius.
Each soul has its quirk.
If you follow both of those,
Then your dream can work.
Zionic secret society
Mystical secrets
lost city of Atlantis
Aliens embarking
What is to become of us?
DaVinci code and psychics
Rembrandt and Lincoln
Free Masons and lodges
Raven terrorizes Poe
I am humbled
Leonardo DaVinci
Did you know your artwork would be famous today?
In Paris at the Louvre is where it's on display.
"La Gioconda" is the painting's other name.
After six hundred years, it has garnered much fame.
What a sweet portrait of a noble lady.
Not many know her name was Lisa Gherardini.
People from all over the world come to see her.
May she be around for many connoisseurs in the future.
I dream a world of contrasts and evolution
Bold smartness and resolution
In so much as:
Flat things are flat for all people,
and shades of gray are not adulterated by photoshopping.
Facts and opinions regain their identities.
Deception is an accident not a strategy.
Trust is earned.
Empathy is respected as a strength.
Impulsiveness once again is the domain of toddlers,
not an asset of adults.
The racial spectrum achieves a balance and cohesiveness
unachievable by Versace or DaVinci or Trump.
Our differences are assets we share.
Ideas are guided by compassion and wisdom,
and triumph when they find their words.
I dream a world of contrasts and evolution
Bold smartness and resolution
Do you want to know how you were born? You were created in heavens.
Davinci painted your face, Mozart composed your hair,and Michelangelo carved your body.
Lewis Carroll, Harpo Marx,
Albert Einstein, Eminem,
Paul McCartney, Judy Garland –
These are just a few of them.
Add DaVinci and Obama,
Oprah, Jimi and Bill Gates,
Charlie Chaplin, Morgan Freeman –
All have something that relates.
R.B. Ginsburg, Mozart and
Ted Williams and, of course, Babe Ruth,
Helen Keller, Ringo Starr,
Matt Groening and Bart Simpson. (truth!)
Jerry Seinfeld, Larry Bird,
Ludwig B, Spike Lee, Mark Twain
Are among the ten percent
Who use the right side of the brain.
Since today’s Lefthanders Day
Let’s honor all of those who are
As I will with my grandson Henry,
Who’s my lefty fave by far!
i've noticed everytime i go out of state
today, there is no escaping a toll
why are we so casually docile
when it comes to our freedom being stole
we systematically give some stranger
our money just to ride on the road
when did that happen
i suppose long before we lost
actual lyrics in commercial rappin'
we use to be such advance beings
cracking puzzles and breaking the DaVinci code
writing hieroglyphs and manuscripts
like the Dead Sea scrolls
presently under this suffocating ceiling of control
what happened to forming an alliance
coming together like our forefathers
exchanging and sharing thoughts of high science
exemplifying magnificence and reliance
politicking under the sun and moon
grasping why the moth emerges out of the cocoon
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