Thanks everyone.
Bill, it wasnt an ekphrastis, exactly, but I do like the concept (& at least sometimes am aiming at image purely).
Ive seen a bunch of Klees. & they do, some of them,m get that feel...
Doug
On 2013-03-28, at 8:10 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Doug, I am reminded in reading your piece of a late period Paul Klee sprayed and brushed watercolour entitled
> Ghost Chamber with the Tall Door, 1925. Seen at The Met, New York, where I also saw some stunning works in
> rattan from Cambodian sculptor Sopheap Pich which arevery much skeleton-looking structures often. One huge
> piece is entitled Morning Glory and is a sinuous representation of that vine and its flowers at various stages of
> opening or closing. The plant, although, non-nutritious, was all many had to subsist on in Year Zero in
> Cambodia/Kampuchea.
>
> Regards,
> Bill
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> On Thu, Mar 28th, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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Latest books:
Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy)
http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962
Recording Dates
(Rubicon Press)
Reserved books. Reserved land. Reserved flight.
And still property is theft.
Phyllis Webb
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