Thank you, Merril D. Smith, for suggesting than an erasure poem might fit the prompt. I found an article by Maria Popova on Brainpickings, about art being omnipresent, but not recognized or visible as such. It is about the biography of Walt Whitman by John Burroughs. She calls it more than a biography.
Here’s the link to the original article, which became my canvas to create, to carve a poem out of it.
Here’s the poem (I have added the word, ‘invisible’ in italics at one place, to give context)
Art is both
foreground and background
the wheel that propels
every revolution
constellation of beliefs and sensibilities
seers who imagine
the way the world changes
Art,
not an island,
but the water that washes all shores.
art – not an “enclosure,”
but the human spirit.
a powerful impression
a great artist creates taste
to call forth and bestow power,
of which knowledge is the effect;
The new man is impossible (invisible)
till he appears
we demand of the new man
authentic inspiration and power
we cannot put him down
the new man makes room for himself
the taste
by which he is appreciated
the rules of art
by which he is to be judged
I’m so pleased that you liked the prompt and picked up on the erased poem idea. You did such a beautiful job of it (and I also love Brainpickings). I had read that piece, too.
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Thank you for the prompt, Merril!
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You are quite welcome!
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Reena, this piece is amazing! I feel you erased the fluff and captured the essence. Bravo!
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Thanks a lot! I have always loved this form of poetry. It is practically creating something new on somebody else’a canvas. I would like to try taping or blackening parts of a picture to create a new one.
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I Love This ❤ An image floated in front of my face as I read this — that of Ai Weiwei.
https://marcianoartfoundation.org/exhibition/ai-weiwei-life-cycle/
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Thanks for sharing the link! Experimentation with materials leads to innovation on so many fronts.
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You are welcome. He is very skilled in that area! Foremost he is a political artist that people pay attention to.
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This works!
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Thanks!
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