Weiss & Laureta – Feb. 15
A. Garnett Weiss and Isabelle Laureta traded art and words. Isabelle shared this image, entitled “Fear,” with A. Garnett:
In response, A. Garnett wrote this poem:
Antigua
She is caught, cannot escape
the tendrils of fate
that grasp at
the small bones of her wrist.
So sharp, so hot the pain.
She tries to stand but
feels no sand below her feet.
Waves pull her further out.
The shoreline recedes.
She was rescued once
by a man who knew how to run
but who stayed for her laughter,
her beauty, her music.
He can’t come to her now.
Needs her to help him
excise the stone in his heart
where only his love used to be.
Salt stings her eyes
as she tries to see
his face, his smile.
She slips below the surface.
So sharp, so cold the sea.
* * * * *
A. Garnett shared this poem with Isabelle:
Woman of ice, woman of glass
She’s a vessel
Hand-blown glass
Austere, without edges or colour
Fragile, yet able to contain…
She sees herself in icicles
that drop in the sun’s stare
If she touches them
they shrink from her warmth
If she tries to catch them in watercolours
they lose their chandelier luster
Their corrugation disappears
with her clumsy hand, her untrained eye
So is it with words
Their clarity calls to her
A story, a poem tease
with a phrase, a sound
Then elude her as
she starts to write them down
That she could lose the chance
frightens her back to the empty page
where she waits to be named
In response, Isabelle made this image, entitled “Constantly Fickle”:
Great pairing,love them both!
Carol
Stunningly, hauntingly beautiful, all of this.
What a beautiful pairing, and powerful words and images! Thank you!