Tuesday, May 19, 2020

On My Nightstand, on My Easel (8)

On my nightstand

Think of a ballet dancer
at the barre.
Plié, 
elevé, 
battement tendu.
She is practicing,
because she knows
that there is no difference
between practice and art.
The practice
is
the art.

Dani Shapiro, Still Writing


On my easel


detail with dictionary collage
work in progress, 18 days in, 5/6/20
24 x 48" canvas

6 comments:

carol edan said...

And now the small pebbles dancing in the pool!

dotty seiter: now playing said...

Carol, take a bow for connecting nightstand and easel : )

Lola (Jen Jovan) said...

The practice IS the art! yes yes YES!

dotty seiter: now playing said...

somedays i know that fully, other days not so much and i bristle and grex and flail.

Sheila said...

Scrubby, wordy goodness :)

dotty seiter: now playing said...

Scrubby—likin' that descriptor. Thx, Sheila!

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