Life’s secret
is in the balance
where happiness
— rests
(Dreamsleep: October, 2024)
Domeniko Theotokopolous found fame
El Greco was a taken name
He loved lettering
thinking thy made.his paintings sing
Annunciation
borne again – prodigy of angels
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
El Greco - Dark City (Lost World mix)
https://youtu.be/wJJzbAl1mGU
progeny v prodigy
born v borne
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/borne-vs-born-difference-usage-spelling
annunciation
1. the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to Mary
(Luke 1:26-38)
2. the announcement of something
Wandjina
"Like the silence that screams, cursing solitude
... whispers of faith sing patiently with prayers"
Regina McIntosh
IMAGINATIONS OF SOLITUDE
The scream, his palms unleashing Danse Macabre.
The sinister skeletons tapping digits
against the ebon glow of candelabra.
The sinister skeletons tapping digits.
Ten bore into his human brain, the echoes
of full violin’s disquieted widgets.
Ten bore into his human brain. The echoes
releasing...releasing a wing and a pray’r -
elongated shadowbrush of El Greco.
Releasing...releasing a wing and a pray’r,
those fierce flexuous hues - the Spirit of grace.
The phantasm flees - a disturbed boneyard despairs.
Those fierce flexuous hues - the Spirit of grace.
His countenance resounding to see God’s face.
1/28/2021
HEARTS UNIVERSE
SPONSOR: REGINA MCINTOSH
HMS - 11 syllables each line
Painting The Scream by Edvard Munch
painting: The Penitent Peter by El Greco
In penitence I kneel before your throne,
head bowed with shame, heart weighed down with sin,
my sobbing whispers heard only by God
recounting the ways I, like a sheep, have gone astray.
When I keep silent, my bones waste away
but when I acknowledge my sin to you, you forgive my guilt.
You are my hiding place,
you surround me with songs of deliverance.
Soften my heart and give me ears to hear
and eyes to see your goodness and mercy.
He who seeks the Lord will surely find -
in uncluttered silence God draws near,
the Holy Spirit brings to mind these words:
“He saved us, not because of deeds we’ve done,
in mercy we are justified by grace”
“If we confess our sins he is faithful and just and will forgive us
and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory,
surely you took our infirmities and carried our sorrows,
by your stripes we are healed;
those who sow in tears now reap in joy!
Written July 2020
emotions roil ~
royal red, head
of humanity,
the second Adam —
painting of El Greco.
women at Jesus feet,
crowd of crowds
presses in.
the King of kings
prepared to be disrobed ~
a season of sin,
captured by a mind,
a talent inherent ~
redeeming all,
who might see,
and believe.
the gray cloud of men,
a monotone whirlwind,
yet for these,
a central figure,
passionate as a rose.
they know not what they do,
already forgiven,
all forsaken who do not
receive the precious gift
of calvary.
who were these soldiers who
tread the skin of the savior?
sunlight bows the executioner,
who will on that day of days
hit his knees in sorrowful praise,
for every knee shall bow
as the scriptures say.
for now he hangs over a tree
ready to hammer the blow
of humanity as the devil
howls with glee.
the Savior, upright scorned,
looks ever upward, ready
to be received, to go back home
whence He came, and prepare
a place for His bride.
eminence of royal red,
central figure of all trials.
the heavens opened up
to El Greco. we wait,
we cling to this blood wet
masterpiece!
1/3/2018
Michelangelo,Goya
-Vermeer
Gaugin,Basquiat
-Picasso
Turner,Lautrec
-Caravaggio
Warhol,Pollock
-Munch.
Rockwell,Bacon
-El Greco
O'Keeffe,Matisse
-Kahlo
Rembrandt,Renoir
-Modigliani
Klimt and Gentileschi.
since as
everything is Uttered
a land to even up
the eye
you touch grope about
the walls
more and more high
(on) cracks
the third road is the hardest
nowhere somewhere
the third road is the easiest
am I
I
cursed
cursing
swear
in net
(Peter)
“that the mighty angel tugs
along with net of fishermen”*
*G. Seferis
Giorgos or George Seferis (G?????? Sef???? was the pen name of Georgios Seferiádes
(Ge?????? Sefe???d??, 13 March [O.S. 29 February] 1900 - September 20, 1971). He was one
of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and a Nobel laureate.
Sourlaki with chilli flakes
Halloumi salad
Batter-coated seasoned squid
with a Tzatziki
Semolina cake
Retsina
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