The Patience of Crumpled Time
Duality
Mists of confusion crowd about
Not what I seem
or desire to be
Hurt and frustration play a tune
Anger creeps
from a darkened place
Slow stagnation not the way
Recognition brutal,
awake and raw
Light dispels illusion,
lead the way
Landscapes unfold in joyous form
Tears from my soul easing pain
Joy in truth,
a noble cause
Peace to sleep seems to touch.
Abner
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Editor: while reading Abner’s poem Duality for the first time, it reminded me of this 2008 painting, pictured above. The painting’s title, The Patience of Crumpled Time (We Voyage Through), is borrowed from Pablo Neruda’s poem Furies and Sufferings. Neruda likewise borrowed the title for his poem from a line of Francisco De Quevedo’s poetry;
‘…There are in my heart furies and sufferings…’
In his poem Duality, it strikes me that Abner’s sensibility mirror’s something of Quevedo’s line of poetry. Of course, with art, we cannot help but project our own emotions while attempting to make sense of someone else’s… and perhaps this is yet another form of duality expressing itself, in contrast to allowing the event to just be for its own sake?
When reading any poetry, I aim to grasp a sense of the whole meaning, and yet what ultimately captures my imagination are isolated words, phrases and sentences that evoke a strong mental picture in my mind, like a string of pearls. These sensory impressions may only be strung very loosely, or even be completely unrelated to the original meaning or intent of the whole. No matter, for the point is to be inspired enough to dream, and so enough to act upon the dream.
Therefore, inspired by Abner’s poem Duality, and the original inspiration behind The Patience Of Crumpled Time…, I revisit Neruda’s Furies and Sufferings to create a collage of impressions. This collage, titled Heart Furies, is an abstraction of the original Neruda poem, posted in the category Concrete Poetry.
Art: The Patience of Crumpled Time is available as a giclée print on stretch canvas or sustainable archive-quality paper. Click on the image to purchase, or to view the VA gallery.
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