Silent Crossing— At West End Gallery
Unicorns and cannonballs
Palaces and piers
Trumpets, towers, and tenements
Wide oceans full of tears
Flags, rags, ferry boats
Scimitars and scarves
Every precious dream and vision
Underneath the stars
Yes, you climbed on the ladder
With the wind in your sails
You came like a comet
Blazing your trail
Too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon
-Mike Scott/The Waterboys, The Whole of the Moon (1985)
Have a lot to do this morning but felt like sharing a painting from my current West End Gallery show and a song that I feel works with it. The painting is Silent Crossing, an 8′ by 16″ canvas and the song is The Whole of the Moon from the Scottish band, The Waterboys.
The painting, for me, is about pursuing a larger objective and the solitary toil it takes to move toward that objective. Here the moon represents that goal and the ferryman the singular toil.
The song, from 1985, is about how people have differing perceptions and aspirations. One might have no expectations for themself from the world while another might grander desires. One might have limited vision of the whole that is before them while another might see the larger picture and well beyond.
As the song says: I saw the crescent/ You saw the whole of the moon.
Or this line: I saw the rain-dirty valley/You saw Brigadoon. They are a Scottish band, after all.
Good stuff.
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