The starting point of the German artist Jürgen Partenheimer’s series of work called «One Hundred Poets» is, as the title (almost) tell us … poetry. «One Hundred Poets» is inspired by the body of work of the same title by Katsushika Hokusai and refers to 100 poems selected by Jürgen Partenheimer from his 100 favorite…
Tag: Elizabeth Bishop
perfectly useful concentration
What one seems to want in art, in experiencing it, is the same thing that is necessary for its creation, a self-forgetful, perfectly useless concentration. – Elizabeth Bishop, letter to Anne Stevenson, Jan. 1964 In the same boat: It’s very interesting to see how Bishop, in this short and powerful statement, parallels experiencing & creating…
Burning cold
Elizabeth Bishop At the Fishhouses (Excerpt) All is silver: the heavy surface of the sea, swelling slowly as if considering spilling over, … Cold dark deep and absolutely clear, element bearable to no mortal, … I have seen it over and over, the same sea, the same, slightly, indifferently swinging above the stones, icily free…
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