(water color and ink on paper) |
Some say that life
Is a connection of dots
First one then another
Creating straight angles.
I think an alternate shade,
Where each moment
Rests upon a curve,
A collection of arcs.
Circles, wheels, globes.
The initial blends with
Each finale.
In time the sight
Reveals the truth
Not from without,
To see it is the center.
Sit and run
Live and turn,
We fall apart then
Fall within the circle.
An inspiration when creating a card for Rob Arkes, his birthday and passionate cyclist. Sitting down with a blank piece of paper, I saw a collection of bicycle wheels that soon evolved into a collaboration of circles. After the paint and ink were dry the mental imagery of “showing up each day” and the “arcs of each moment” spilled out, which lead to the poem. How we struggle to live a life laden with linear language (the straight and narrow … toe the line … make a bee line) perpetuating conformity to social norms or that success requires speed and a singular straight approach. I know that circles include lines, yet they curve and lack terminal points (beginning or ending). They also have a space within and a center, which feels like growth of self. So, inspired by a bicycle wheel the creation evolved to a metaphor for living (besides, I doubt many bees ever fly in a straight line).
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