Friday, 27 January 2017
Trevor J Potter's Art: Black Rain. (Revised)
Trevor J Potter's Art: Black Rain. (Revised): Tonight the rain is constant, The sky, Black as a hangman`s mask, Presses down hard Upon our earth bound lives, Compressing taut veins...
Monday, 23 January 2017
Trevor J Potter's Art: (1) Dark Transfiguration. (Revised.) (2) Fish Bowl...
Trevor J Potter's Art: (1) Dark Transfiguration. (Revised.) (2) Fish Bowl...: 1. Dark Transfiguration. ( A dream recalled.) The feast of the Dormition A threnody of weeping Solemn as winter ...
Trevor J Potter's Art: Trevor J Potter's Art: (1) Dark Transfiguration. (...
Trevor J Potter's Art: Trevor J Potter's Art: (1) Dark Transfiguration. (...: Trevor J Potter's Art: (1) Dark Transfiguration. (New Version.) (2) Fish ... : 1. Dark Transfiguration. ( A dream ...
Saturday, 21 January 2017
(1) Blue and White Temple Vase. (2) An 18th. Century Inscription...
1.
Blue and White Temple Vase.
Instantly created by a sleight of hand
Two cobalt blue dragons dart through
a white ocean
alive with strange creatures that writhe
wispily
at the very moment a furnace clicked on
To kick start time.
And these cobalt blue dragons swim
without knowledge
in the milk white ocean that is their home,
and always has been although newly born,
This being the Day of Creation.
And all life in the universe is sparked by
these dragons
although they do nothing but chase
after each other
without breathing or moving
on the glittering glazed surface
Of a vase in the British Museum.
Trevor John Karsavin Potter.
January 20th. - 21st. 2017.
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2.
An 18th. Century Inscription Incised into the Base of a Ru Dish.
Inside the palace there are many dishes,
but bowls are hard to find.
Small objects are easy to care for,
but large objects are often dropped and broken.
The emperor in his silks and brocade
must duck and weave to avoid the blade,
but his kitchen porter hauling the swill
may outlast the dynasty.
This small Ru dish is a thousand years old,
but the bowls have all been broken.
Trevor John Karsavin Potter.
January 20th. 2017.
In the dark of Trump and Brexit I think the best I can do is explore my internationalism in my art with greater intensity and truthfulness, and hope to caste some light by doing so.
Blue and White Temple Vase.
Instantly created by a sleight of hand
Two cobalt blue dragons dart through
a white ocean
alive with strange creatures that writhe
wispily
at the very moment a furnace clicked on
To kick start time.
And these cobalt blue dragons swim
without knowledge
in the milk white ocean that is their home,
and always has been although newly born,
This being the Day of Creation.
And all life in the universe is sparked by
these dragons
although they do nothing but chase
after each other
without breathing or moving
on the glittering glazed surface
Of a vase in the British Museum.
Trevor John Karsavin Potter.
January 20th. - 21st. 2017.
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2.
An 18th. Century Inscription Incised into the Base of a Ru Dish.
Inside the palace there are many dishes,
but bowls are hard to find.
Small objects are easy to care for,
but large objects are often dropped and broken.
The emperor in his silks and brocade
must duck and weave to avoid the blade,
but his kitchen porter hauling the swill
may outlast the dynasty.
This small Ru dish is a thousand years old,
but the bowls have all been broken.
Trevor John Karsavin Potter.
January 20th. 2017.
In the dark of Trump and Brexit I think the best I can do is explore my internationalism in my art with greater intensity and truthfulness, and hope to caste some light by doing so.
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Trevor J Potter's Art: Beneath the Ice. (Revised).
Trevor J Potter's Art: Beneath the Ice. (Revised).: A small hole in a frozen pond. The moon shining through still water. Two golden carp chasing a circle, Piscine adolescents, enthralled w...
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Beneath the Ice. (Revised Version).
A small hole in a frozen mirror.
The moon shining through still water.
Two golden carp chasing a circle,
Piscine adolescents, enthralled with each other,
Afraid to turn on a pivot and meet.
According to ancient Buddhist literature,
Children seek out parents before conception
Whilst they wait in the shadows, at rest between lives.
The Ancients took such knowledge for granted,
Science to them was just pulleys and wheels
And hammers to break the ice in mid winter.
Love, on the other hand, is akin to religion,
An instinct more powerful than logical thinking,
A moment of empathy that can create a new world.
Meantime I stand alone in this midnight garden
Picturing, for some reason, a sacred lotus
Rising to the surface of an Indian lake, then
Too quickly falling away.
The pond in this garden is shining like metal.
No lotus could grace the cold misty surface.
Last night a bird fell like a stone,
Feathers locked in shards of ice.
A small dark hole in a frozen mirror.
Impassive moon glinting through still water.
Two golden carp chasing a circle
Because only they exist in their world..
Trevor John Karsavin Potter.
January 16th. - 17th. - 18th. 2017.
October 10th. - 18th. 2017.
April 17th. 2018.
Trevor J Potter's Art: Beatrice & Benedick, Premonition of a Winter Weddi...
Trevor J Potter's Art: Beatrice & Benedick, Premonition of a Winter Weddi...: Lady disdain Under the rim of your hat your eyes sparkled Reminiscent of dancing fireflies. You had not heard a single word of the serm...
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