Wednesday, July 29, 2009

homeric paintings ...



breath of boreas [left], boreas + zephyrus [r.] ...



marriage of chloris [left], road from hades [r.] ...

i got an ipod about three months ago and became absolutely enchanted with the device -
loaded a few of my favorite things including all the recent work of a contemporary greek composer named eleni karaindrou ...
to compliment those hours of sublime music, i added homer's odyssey [13 hrs. of narration] - put the thing on 'shuffle' and started my '09 season of daily outdoor painting ...
the experience has been beautiful - uninterrupted, transcendent, pleasantly surprising, and modifying ...
the experience has led to a series of pieces that i'm not quite sure where they'll take me - but i'm thoroughly enjoying the journey ...

i was sad to hear of merce cunningham's passing - there's such a wealth of creative genius that seems to be slipping away along with the continuity of art making ...