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by bennie2 » August 7th, 2008, 4:31 pm
i've never found an oil painting that i'd want.
i've checked the junk stalls at the barrowlands on a sunday
but no oil painting has ever jumped out and grabbed me.
on the way home from the barrowlands one sunday afternoon
i stopped and found my perfect oil companion:
a puddle on the tramac with an oil slicked surface,
a rainbow in a dance spiraling a paisley pattern dream,
a collaboration between sun and breeze and rain and rusted oil tank drip.
sometimes the most beautiful thing is the thing they'd never hang on a wall. sometimes it's dirt, decay, debris and death.
paint me and oil smeared rainbow in a puddle and i'd have a painting for my wall.
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sweet poem, mj. did you ever do that thing with crayons where you'd draw thick patches of various colour and then cover it over with a coating of black paint, wait for the paint to dry and then scratch a pattern into it? because the wax from the crayon prevents the paint reaching the paper, you end up with a rainbow drawing on a black back.
I love the sweet, seemingly innocent touch of your pen, mj.