Bill - oh, I can't spell *and *write! Thanks for your response. The
question of 'intention' in creativity and/or art is one of my current
background thoughts (Corowa ain't the place for such discussions - ha ha).
Andrew
On 31 December 2012 10:36, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Drives need snail's pace notating, Andrew, I concur.
>
> Is all art unintentional, including poetry? It may spring from some source
> but where it goes can be bewildering or at least surprising. The composer
> just hops on for the ride.
>
> I like 'their own stringless music', suggesting lack of violins and (?)
> lack of (visible) connections between two points. Also the rendering of the
> wifely vernacular.
>
> Is it kaftan and axle? Or are these Corowa variations?
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
> On 30/12/2012, at 4:47 PM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Unintentional Art
> >
> > In sunshine on the grey cement
> > songlines of silver dots
> > tell the story of another culture
> > crisscrossing and dotting their way
> > to their own stringless music
> >
> > I back down the drive
> > my wife in her flowing caftan
> > purple against the jacaranda blossoms
> > waves her arms between the gates
> > like Phillip Glass conducting
> >
> > but the music I hear is Cage-like
> > the gentle arrhythmical marimba of
> > dandelion heads in the grass centre of our drive
> > beating and binging on drive shaft
> > muffler and axels
> >
> > My wife jumps in the car at the gate
> > and says: ‘Now, we mustn’t forget the bank.’
> > Turns to me and says: ‘What are you doing?’
> > ‘I am trying to notate our drive, y’know,
> > like Grainger did with a piano roll.’
> >
> >
> > --
> > All comments welcome.
> >
> >
> >
> > Andrew
> > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> > 'Undercover of Lightness'
> http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
> > 'Shikibu Shuffle'
> >
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
> >
>
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Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
'Undercover of Lightness'
http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
'Shikibu Shuffle'
http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
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