Ponderings
Enjoy articles and poetry written by me, plus art related content from around the web
Steve Martin on How to Look at Abstract Art
Watch Steve Martin talking about appreciating abstract art, without the pretentious lingo.
Karel Appel in Action
Watch one of my favourite artists Karel Appel in action as he attacks a canvas in 1962. I may attack my canvases a bit harder…
The Beauty of Abstract Art: An Example of How to See it
She immediately surrenders to the ‘cannot’; before her mind, her soul, her eyes realises and accepts the ‘can’. Abstract art shouldn’t intimidate you. It should open your mind and your heart, and make you feel any kind of emotion; whether that’s happiness, sadness, bewilderment, curiosity, queasiness, euphoria, anger, and the list goes on. Unlike realism … continue reading
Alone
Dozens of legs Hundreds of eyes Thousands of conversations Millions of arguments Billions of salutations There is no escape cannot find the darkness No walls for comfort In search of freedom can’t see within Desire is languishing buoyant in despair Behold, the darkness the comfort of encapsulation For living on ones own there is but … continue reading
Salutations Mrs Brown
As I sit alone, on my throne
I think of Mrs Brown
secluded in the dark subterrane.
