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Royal Daydreams

by | Apr 29, 2020 | Uncategorized

Royal Daydreams Far back in sultry climates of the past, The humid distances of time, a prince Might have a childish inkling of the vast Preoccupations of a king, might wince At thoughts of heads that he would lop off for The sake of empire, and might understand In...

His Majesty in Bed Like a Stalagmite of Flame

by | Apr 29, 2020 | Uncategorized

His Majesty in Bed Like a Stalagmite of Flame The mother dreams before his birth. She dreams That she prefers to note her face as seen Within the polished and the sharpened gleams Upon a sword—not a mirror. This queen Foresees from this that he will be a king Of...

Like a Voice from the Cave of Delphi

by | Apr 29, 2020 | Uncategorized

Like a Voice from the Cave of Delphi “S[ocrates; known as Suqrat in Muslim literature] professes to be dismayed to find that the poets whom he questioned were quite incapable of explaining the meaning of their poetry, and concludes that they compose not wisdom …...

The Circular Golden Frame

by | Apr 29, 2020 | Uncategorized

The Circular Golden Frame An artist paints a room around a man, And woman, and their boys, a portrait of A family in their home. Within the span Of this domestic scene and quite above It is infinity forever. How Does he accomplish this? A gilded frame It contains a...

A Painting of a Statue Reflected in a Mirror Set up in and Reflecting Also the Formal Garden at Versailles Photograph of statues reflecting and distorting nature— http://salliarnold.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/mirror-figures.html Then a painting of a real natural and architectural scene in a photograph snapped while the painting is reflected in a mirror— https://mikkisenkarik.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/big-painting-step-26-studio-setup- painting-in-mirror.jpg So, if we place an artwork in a maze Within a formal garden and the art Is like some imitation of the ways Reality looks, what would this impart To Plato? If we place a mirror there And it reflects the piece of art and French Design for nature, would the Greek man stare In horror? Would this scene make Plato blench? Reflections of these imitations of These imitations are forbidden in His perfect city. It must rise above. Imitations of imitations sin Against Ideal Forms doubly; if we paint This scene, then triply. Plato might just faint.

by | Apr 29, 2020 | Uncategorized

A Painting of a Statue Reflected in a Mirror Set up in and Reflecting Also the Formal Garden at Versailles Photograph of statues reflecting and distorting nature— http://salliarnold.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/mirror-figures.html Then a painting of a real natural and...