Still Life With Self Portrait, Mark Gertler
Sword of truth promises no dishonor.
Yes, the honourable thing to do! :) Thanks 🙏
Fabulous. Such striking images. Not a word wasted.
Thanks Thomas! Good to hear that.
Exquisite. Like the painting. The Prufrock allusion seems to arrive right on time, amidst the apples and the big grape, yet it puzzles me. In this setting, though, I'm content to puzzle.
Lovely to encounter this piece, first thing in the day!
Thanks, Mark! Interestingly, Eliot and Getler were acquainted, which I didn’t know about when I wrote this.
Love the juxtaposition of still and still and sinister. Pulls the poem into something sinister. Good poem.
Thank you, Karen! Appreciate the observation.
Beautiful and fascinating! Thanks for introducing me to an artist I wasn’t familiar with. And for your lovely poetic interpretation of the work.
Thanks, Andrew. He’s a fascinating figure, a lot of interesting work.
WOW!
Woah. That should be a secret! it's too good to be a coincidence. Perhaps you just time-traveled onto their wavelength.
Writing reflectively opens portals into time, not even realizing we sometimes act as scribes to those whispering in our unconscious.
Sword of truth promises no dishonor.
Yes, the honourable thing to do! :) Thanks 🙏
Fabulous. Such striking images. Not a word wasted.
Thanks Thomas! Good to hear that.
Exquisite. Like the painting. The Prufrock allusion seems to arrive right on time, amidst the apples and the big grape, yet it puzzles me. In this setting, though, I'm content to puzzle.
Lovely to encounter this piece, first thing in the day!
Thanks, Mark! Interestingly, Eliot and Getler were acquainted, which I didn’t know about when I wrote this.
Love the juxtaposition of still and still and sinister. Pulls the poem into something sinister. Good poem.
Thank you, Karen! Appreciate the observation.
Beautiful and fascinating! Thanks for introducing me to an artist I wasn’t familiar with. And for your lovely poetic interpretation of the work.
Thanks, Andrew. He’s a fascinating figure, a lot of interesting work.
WOW!
Woah. That should be a secret! it's too good to be a coincidence. Perhaps you just time-traveled onto their wavelength.
Writing reflectively opens portals into time, not even realizing we sometimes act as scribes to those whispering in our unconscious.