Guest guest Posted May 31, 2002 Report Share Posted May 31, 2002 our devi _bhakta has posted in one of his earlier posts that his painting of 'matangi' is adoning a temple in singapore! yes, painters and poets are very special - a 'class by themselves! i have a special love for 'creative' people - this explains my love for poetry and the fine arts! here i would like to share a poem writtn by the spanish poet and nobel laurete - a tribute oo my materanal uncla j.swaminathan, a well- knnown painter in india... uncle swami is no more but he is one of my favorites... goddess Kali resided on his paint brush and she danced with gay abandon on the blank cannvas of his fertile painter imagination!! our kali, the blue-black goddess with the portruding red tongue! TO THE PAINTER SWAMINATHAN by Octavia Paz With a rag and a knife .....................................Against the idée fixe The bull of fear Against the canvas and the void ........................................The uprushing spring Blue flame of cobalt .................................Burnt amber Greens fresh from the sea ...........................................Minds' indigo With a rag and a knife .....................................No brushes With the insomnia the rage the sun Against the blank face of the world The uprushing spring ....................................Serpentine undulation The aquatic vibration of space The triangle the arcanum The arrow stuck on the black altar The angry alphabet The drop of ink of blood of honey With a rag and a knife .....................................The uprushing spring Springs the Mexican red .......................................Turns black The Indian red springs .....................................Turns black The lips go black .............................The black of Kali Charcoal for your eyelids Woman desired every night .............................................The black of Kali The yellow and its scorched beast The ochre and its underground drums The green body of the black jungle The blue body of Kali .....................................The sex of Guadalupe With a rag and a knife .....................................Against the triangle The eye bursts ..........................Fountain of signs The serpentine undulation moves Wave upon wave of imminent apparitions The canvas a body Dressed in its own naked enigma ********************************************************************** well, we have many painters and artists in this forum...in fact, i was just looking at the ten mahavidays posted by pintu and they are o lovely! shaktism is about celebration - all of nature - prakriti - the love, the romance, the poetry and the divinity called CREATION! LOVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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