Ekphrasis XI 2022 Online Exhibition
SET 6. Visual Artist Initiators and their Writer Responders
P. DEBRA LENNOX, Full Moon on the Grand Canal. Acrylic on canvas. Response by poet BILL MANN: Haiku Painting Story.
Q. BOB RHOADES: Moving to the Light. Response by author PRISCILLA COMEN: Rues, Boulevards, Paris Streets.
R. ROBERT SPIES: XX, monoprint. Response by author NANCY WALLACE NELSON: Zoomorphic Phantasmagoria
SET 6. Visual Artist Initiators and their Writer Responders
P. DEBRA LENNOX, Full Moon on the Grand Canal. Acrylic on canvas. Response by poet BILL MANN: Haiku Painting Story.
Q. BOB RHOADES: Moving to the Light. Response by author PRISCILLA COMEN: Rues, Boulevards, Paris Streets.
R. ROBERT SPIES: XX, monoprint. Response by author NANCY WALLACE NELSON: Zoomorphic Phantasmagoria
DEBRA LENNOX, Full Moon on the Grand Canal. Acrylic on canvas.
Response by poet
BILL MANN:
Haiku Painting Story
BILL MANN:
Haiku Painting Story
“TURNING AWAY FROM
THE THERE, AND THE HERE, IN HER
REOCCURRING DREAM.”
Initiated by artist BOB RHOADES: Moving to the Light.
Response by author PRISCILLA COMEN: Rues, Boulevards, Paris Streets.
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See how straight they are and neat
On Air Canada in 1995 we fly Drink Dubonnet cocktails in the sky To our apartment on floor number five A metal lift takes us there With groceries forget the stairs A strawberry crepe on Rue de Voltaire In April it rains but we don’t care Umbrellas bloom over my head We walk as soon as we’re out of bed On Rue de Moufftard pattiseries Tempt with whipped creameries At Notre Dame we stop and stare The gargoyles hear our prayers In the Tuileries the children sail their boats At the flea market I buy a coat Black leather catches everyone’s eye |
Like the French models I feel great
So we go out to celebrate The Moulin Rouge with gorgeous babes A feast of mussels earns our raves Then on to Pere Lachaise To see the famous in their graves The Places de Vosge is on our list Rodin, Picasso studios can’t be missed Then the Louvre and Mona Lisa’s smile Every day we walk eight miles We are getting older and the days feel colder Our love grows stronger Though we’re not younger We sip our French wine and feel so fine When back home we re-live the time Our feet were in pain From walking Paris in the rain. |
Initiating artist ROBERT SPIES: XX, monoprint.
Response by author NANCY WALLACE NELSON: Zoomorphic Phantasmagoria
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Step right up.
Buy your tickets here. Don’t miss the thrills. Thrills of the world’s largest show of zoomorphic phantasmagoria with dizzying sleights of hand. Step right up. Don’t be shy. Step right up. Don’t stay in suspense. Buy your tickets now. Two for the price of one. Tonight only. See human faces shift to animals. Swirled images flow and morph so fast your eyes will hurt. |
Step right up.
Ride the frenzied waves of changing imagery, continual surprises. Face a bit of fear, a lot of awe. Live dreams fantastical. What you thought unreal will convince you. What you thought real will blur to insignificance. Once you see you will never unsee. You’ll be wiser, richer. Expand your world tonight. Step right up. Two for the price of one. Best to take your lover with you. |
