Ekphrastic, too, Andrew; & yes, always good to get something down, in response to whatever…
Doug
> On Dec 1, 2016, at 7:30 PM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Thanks Bill. Yes, I can't find a link to the image - but an artist's
> description is at Wangaratta Art Gallery site on the web - under
> Exhibitions, BLAKE PRIZE.
>
> It is apparently a terracotta heart, not ceramic. I should change it.
>
> Glad to have written something!
>
> Andrew
>
> On 2 December 2016 at 13:21, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Sounds like it could also be taken as the increasingly unfeeling heart of
>> this country, Andrew. Neat poem. Link to artwork?
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Fri., 2 Dec. 2016 at 1:16 pm, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> for Yardena Kunulkar's winning entry in The BLAKE Art Prize 2016, titled*
>>> KENOSIS *-
>>>
>>> a ceramic heart
>>> decomposes
>>> in water
>>> frame by
>>> frame
>>> the human condition
>>>
>>> I take it personally
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Andrew
>>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>>> Books available through Walleah Press
>>> http://walleahpress.com.au
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> Books available through Walleah Press
> http://walleahpress.com.au
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He saw the dark as a ragged garment
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the silver light came pouring.
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