Pull of the Moon— At West End Gallery
You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.
—Pablo Neruda, If You Forget Me
I originally didn’t think of this painting, Pull of the Moon, in romantic terms. It has warmth but it seemed to me to be more about the attraction to the moon with its steadiness and its light breaking through the dark of night. But that sort of attraction provides a basis for romance, doesn’t it? Are we not attracted to those who provide light into our darkest nights, to those who are steadily at hand?
It makes me see this painting in a much different way. A much different light, you might say.
I am not going to say much more this morning except to say that this 12″ by 24″ painting is part of my new solo exhibit, Eye in the Sky, which is now hanging at the West End Gallery in Corning. The exhibit opens next Friday, July 21, with an Opening Reception from 5-7 PM. I will be there to chat and answer questions. Hope to see you there.
Let’s end this now so I can get to some busy work. Here’s a lovely video set to a reading by Madonna of the Pablo Neruda poem, If You Forget Me. The video itself are scenes taken from the 2010 animated film, The Illusionist. Beautiful work.
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