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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/579504-A-shadowed-vortex-after-a-Georgia-OKeeffe-painting
Rated: 13+ · Book · Biographical · #1317094
Enga mellom fjella: where from across the meadow, poems sing from mountains and molehills.
#579504 added April 15, 2008 at 11:40am
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A shadowed vortex (after a Georgia O'Keeffe painting)
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A shadowed vortex

I tell Elijah that this is the vortex, inbalance wrought by inner fears, what ears must hear on the edge of vertigo, a lullaby of white noise from the swirl of silky petals, the down-drawing fall into a hidden core.

Once famous for his flames, Elijah glances at the furls, speaks of snow-doused embers turning grey, the weight of justice balancing our rights and wrongs, the lack of classical rules in jazz.

In the twirl of an opening rose, conceived with oil and canvas, we feel the concussive blows of silence.

         petals swirl
         a shadowed vortex
         a silence

© Kåre Enga 2008 [165.26] 2008-04-14

Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe's Abstraction White Rose (1927):
http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10091770/SP--A/IGID--1286729/Abstraction_Whi...

ME:


Couldn't find my three green memopads of poetry and notes last night. Retraced my steps. Aimée's? Library? Home? Nope. They were by the computer at Indy Inc. this morn. Right where I left them. I handled the stress a bit better this time. But I'm up and about when I still want to be in bed. *Smirk*

The students at the coffeehouses look more serious as the semester winds down. Had a nice talk with Paige last night though and Elijah the night before.

WRITING:

Writing to Georgia O'Keeffe's art work is not as hard as I thought it would be, but abstract art is not my forté and I might go to the internet and write to what art of hers inspires me rather than stick to the 27 post cards.

BLOGVILLE:

Awesome flowers by Legerdemain: "Invalid EntryOpen in new Window.

An common sense response by Tor: "Invalid EntryOpen in new Window.

Found in Fivesixer Author Icon's blog: Place an X by all the things you've done, or remove the X from the ones you have not:

This is for your entire life:
(*Shock*) Smoked a cigarette
( ) Drank so much you threw up.
(*Confused*) Crashed in a friend's car (crashed in my own ... oh, you mean partied? doubt it.)
( ) Stolen a car
(*Blush*) Been in love
(?) Been dumped (define dumped!)
(*Thumbsdown*) Been Laid off/fired (as opposed to Laid/fired off?)
(*Thumbsup*) Quit your job
( ) Been in a fist fight (beaten up? Yep.)
( ) Snuck out of your parent's house (not really, but I wanted to run away)
(*Rolleyes*) Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back (all the time)
( ) Gone on a blind date (my lawyer is blind. I don't know whether he likes dates.)
( ) Skipped school (not once I was there)
(?) Seen someone die (soon after. I worked in a nursing home/hospital)
(*Bigsmile*) Been to Canada (lived there!)
( ) Been to Mexico (algún día)
(*Worry*) Been on a plane
(?) Been lost... (I'm never 'lost' for more than a minute or two)
(*Idea*) Been on the opposite side of the country (WA to ME, CA to FL, but never SD)
( ) Gone to Washington, DC
(*Frown*) Swam in the ocean (yep, but oceans depress me)
(*Sick*) Felt like dying
(*Cry*) Cried yourself to sleep (often enough)
( ) Played cops and robbers
( ) Recently colored with crayons (but I have as a adult. I have the big box now.)
( ) Sang karaoke
(*Smile*) Paid for a meal with only coins
(*Pthb*) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't (and actually didn't hate myself in the morning)
( ) Made prank phone calls (not my style)
(*Cool*) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(*Bigsmile*) Caught a snowflake on your tongue (yay!)
(*Laugh*) Made a snow angel
(*Shock*) Danced in the rain
( ) Written a letter to Santa Claus (only as a poem)
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
( ) Watched the sunrise with someone you care about
(*Smile*) Blown Bubbles
(*Wink*) Made a bonfire
( ) Crashed a party (not a party person)
(*Pthb*) Gone roller skating (my aching ankles)
(*Rolleyes*) Gone ice skating (ditto)

One way to cope with cold:



Kansas: 41º, another cool sunshiny morning but really warming up! ** Image ID #1329288 Unavailable ** .
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