Nothing is Empty
To find the place where words and image meet. To explore the integration of form and content. To refine and expand the old. To wade into and confront the new. To add threads to the weaving of the web, voice and hands singing. To call and to respond.
The circle dances,
the snake becomes a flower–
what is and is not?
dVerse is asking for a haibun about the plans we have for our writing…as you may know, plans are not my forte. But I have lots of ideas.
The collage is from 1979; in my cleaning I found several portfolios of old work and I’ve started photographing them. Through the magic of Photoshop, I’ve added a recent watercolor. The Old always informs the New (and vice versa of course), and may be just as surprising upon rediscovery. I wish I still had some of that rice paper; I remember it well.
Mysterious and thoughtful! Life is interesting
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So interesting…thanks Lynn.
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Your poem describes you well. What I like about this collage are the bits of black and white scattered about and then my eye is brought back to the added rice paper.
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Thanks Sharon. It’s hard to reconstruct my thought processes from back then…I like the result, but not sure I could duplicate it now.
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I’m sure, I’m just glad you kept the image.
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Yes, me too. Wish I had my college art, but I think my mother discarded it during one of their moves.
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I love how you do this daily and inspire us Kerfe: a place where words and image meet. To explore the integration of form and content.
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It’s what we all are doing, really, I think…thanks.
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Lovely collages – I like the orange and grey colour mix, they work so well together…. !!
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Thanks! One thing that’s very different in my old work is my color choices. Interesting.
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Right away, I recognized your method in your words.
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I can’t hide.
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lol
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I like your colors and how the circle brings my eyes in to the middle. A square and a circle. I also enjoy finding work from my past and seeing what colors were singing to me at that time. Wonderful verse too, Kerfe. 😊
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Thanks Jill. Sometimes its a surprise to see our younger selves…
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Yes, this is true! 😊
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Best wishes for success in finding where words and images meet. I would like to be able to do that as well.
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Thanks Frank. I think you’re on the path.
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Love your haibun, with each sentence beginning “To . . .” Sounds like a great plan to me.
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Thanks Linda. Repetition is often a good way for me to gather thoughts.
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I really love ekphrasis.. to make words and images symbiotic to prove that they make each other grow
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Thanks Bjorn. I hope that happens!
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This is so magical. I love it! 🙂
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Thanks Merril.
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Beautiful collage and thought-provoking haibun. You manage to say much in few words. I appreciate that.
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Thanks Victoria.
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the magic of old reinvented with new technology always surprises me, coming from the age of cranky old typewriters to touch screen writing, I am humbled by the young teaching me new too. i love the new watercolour you have added to lovely artwork, it blends in beautifully.
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Thanks. Photoshop is quite a wonderful tool for combining old and new!
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