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


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Peacocks

Jesse Arms Botke (1883-1971)


white peacocks in spring
bridal veils entwined with
random bouquets