chatting...

Raymond Lafaille (1956 - )


away from 
faceless
urban networks

sharing the fruit and flowers
of fresh dialogue

the voyage of life...

 the voyage of life: manhood oil on canvas, 1840 by Thomas Cole (1801-1848)


in the grottos of light and shadow
snagged with old rocks and
old trees
the waters appear to flow

effortlessly

View of a Village...

 View of a Village - Eugène Galien-Laloue (1854 - 1941) - oil painting


in search of new happiness

when the channels were slow
and a little village was
an everywhere

way...

Way (1995) - Otto Frello


the footprint river
may seem gentle

winding
round and
over

but it hosts a zig zag
of pauses
side tracks
and back tracks
filtering
forward 
motion

one way
shatters and
scatters into
many

Houseboat on the Nile...

Houseboat on the Nile by Léon Belly (1827-1877)


there are those who watch
in a cocoon of sanctity
and those who energise

self
and
non-self

The Olive Tree in the Storm...

The Olive Tree in the Storm (1993) by Joseph Matar (1935- )


olive tree

Athena's gift to humanity
pride of a Roman temple

the crown of winners and heroes

a place for prayer

and
betrayal

symbol of 
ambiguous
eternal life

Cafe Blanc...

Cafe Blanc by Isaac Maimon (1951- )
I have always been attracted to the atmosphere of coffee houses...
He is an Israeli artist with an interest in French painters...



outside my ravaged city walls
smeared with the volcanic ash
of old and new frictions


I know
there is the music
of 
elegant
charmed

chameleon

sanctuary

James and the Giant Peach...

James and the Giant Peach by futuregrrl on deviantART



when words
drizzle on
on craggy landscapes

sweet juices of the imagination
charge the soul 

in the soft embers...

The wandering hunters by Floriandra on deviantART


in the soft embers of an autumn evening
bony boughs
hunt
the unwary

Fireworks in Naples...

Oswald Achenbach (1827-1905) - Fireworks in Naples


burning night lights
mirror
 a smoky island of
seductive
sirens

snowy bridge...

T. F. Simon (1877-1942) - Charles Bridge and Hradcany in Winter 1917


in the slow white season

colours
tease the windchimes
of the soul

and
warmth is 
a state of mind

if there could be...

His Holiness the DaLai Lama reciting a Buddhist text at the Chaanda Devi Caves 
where the Indian philosopher Nagarjuna 
meditated in Sirpur, Chattisgarh, India on January 14, 2014. 
(Photo by Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL)
- Posted on Facebook - January 15, 2014


if there could be
a painting of the soul


then 
a photo of
the Dalai Lama
reading 

sacred texts
in a
sacred cave
must be


the painterly songline between

the last supper
here 

and
there

in the golden light...

Frits Thaulow (1847-1906)

in the golden light

the tattered and

the humble

become

exquisite

My Homeland

Ivan Rabuzin (1929-2008) - My Homeland


home colours
breathing
bubble pipe 
dreams

scaled women...

Hayv Kahraman (1981 -) - Iraq
- currently lives in San Francisco


women
set in old cultures

piano keys
struggling to break
the routine
of scales

the mountains and the rivers...

Mai Trung Thu (1906-1980) - Vietnam
In 1937 he visited France and settled there for the rest of his life.


the mountains and
the rivers are
your torment
and
your friends

they challenge you
to ask questions 

and
find answers
within

in the dream ...

Henri Rivière (1864-1951)


in the dream of
pale morning light

some sails fill
with the colours of a new day


others
wait 
sleepily
for their own
special colour

to waken them

Be Somebody

Be Somebody - George Underwood (1947- )


in a perfect world of
sculpted 
creamy
mannequins

like
cloned
bone 
swimsuits

breathing

(perhaps)


there can only be 

subtle

revolution

in

chained
soul
music


This painting graces a recent album cover of the Norwegian rock band Ungdomskulen


Linking to:
Imaginary Garden With Real Toads - Open Link Monday

Peacocks

Jesse Arms Botke (1883-1971)


white peacocks in spring
bridal veils entwined with
random bouquets