The Artful Element of Texture
Texture is one of the seven elements of art. As a key member of the artful elements,
Texture asks, ‘How does it feel’.
‘Rough ‘n’ gritty,’ answers Lava Rock Wall.
The poem, ‘Lava Rock Walls’ …
FORM is one of the seven elements of art. Building it draws upon shapes, and spaces between and within, lines encapsulated, to give depth to FORM. FORM is a part of us: not in a 2D-shape-of-us photograph or video. It’s …
Last month’s post #2 in the series ‘I’m Not an Artist, BUT…’, was about line and space as performance art in nordic skiing. Now it’s music’s turn.
I come from a tradition of choral singing.
Having watched the …
LINE & SPACE in Nordic Skiing
Sporty LINES, and the SPACES they carve out, are artful expressions or gestures. These two elements of Art, LINE & SPACE are expressive and freeing especially when carved by our own bodies. In this …
Heh Leaf!
Inspired by Johnny Mercer’s lyrics/song ‘Autumn Leaves’ © 1947
Heh Leaf! Fall out with me
in one fell swoop—
let this be your downfall.
Fall in line
Fall apart, f(or) all I care.
Fall into, fall off of, …
DrawBridge tells the story of my brother Steve (book’s illustrator), and how he communicated through artful elements. Today’s elements are Space and Shape.
The book came out June 1st, 2019. These blogs are an introduction. Non-verbal moments and elements of …
‘Bodacious Reading Series: Bob’s Not Responding
I read at Bodacious last month. Ten minutes, six poems. My final one is you-tubed below on ‘Bob’s Not Responding’ (lyrics included). My other five may incarnate elsewhere.
‘Bodacious’ is a new reading …
