There is, in unexpected places,
The smell of magic,
An ambience of chaos freed
To infiltrate the pores
And penetrate the nostrils
From the inside out.
This spicy pungency
Turns hair roots into icicle points,
Dusts gritty granules
Behind the eyeballs,
Raises black smoke
Within the eyes themselves.
Joints scream in chorused pain
And the tips of toes and finger ends
Both numb and tingle
Like the sound of steel ball bearings
Shaken in a jar.
Thus we meet
Both love and death.
Jan Sand here 
Brilliant colours . A beautiful piece of art. Life and death are co-existent partners.
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This art is an explosion of almost anything …. like a rhapsody … like spring …emotions unleashed. It combines all four elements.
Most fascinating … and suitable for meditation.
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I keep coming back to this post. It has been with me all day. You are a master in combining text and graphic. Going over the poem, word after word, same with the graphic, square by square, takes the observer to ever new impressions. Like with all art, the dispense of disclosure happens gradually.
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Frankly, the graphic is a hopeful attempt but please, hold off on the avalanche of enthusiasm. It’s embarrassing.
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All I was doing is stating facts. “Enthusiasm” is your interpretation of my comment. If you feel embarrassed, nobody will see your blushing face.
There are two ways of solving this: Either I hold back with my impressions, or you at your age get finally used to positive statements.
Your parents have been artists.
Is there any of their work you could show to me?
I have not told you at this point that I myself have talent in music, poetry and painting/drawing.
Knowing this, it should not surprise you anymore to receive a qualified statement. In this respect I have to let you know that “admiration” is absolutely off anything I ever felt for your art. Instead, it is inspiration and delight.
I have attended an art group once. It has been stunning to other attendees as weel as to myself that I was able to give a feed back to each of the pictures displayed.
All responses have been reaffirming.
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I have been a professional designer which involves many aspects of art and design and have had the opportunity to assess my own abilities in comparison to other successful designers and my judgment has undergone all sorts of refinement so I know well what I say. My abilities in art and design have very strong limitations and I have no illusions about my competence. I would appreciate that you confine yourself to indicate merely whether my output pleases you or not. Judgements about where my skills may lie are best left to me. I take no pleasure in being over praised.
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as well as
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OK Jan, I try to leave comments according to your conditions as best as I can.
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