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Poem: The Artist

7/13/2015

The Artist

Words by Steven Joseph McCrystal
Image by Andi Chrisman
QuailBellMagazine.com

The artist sees with uncommon perceptions:
made clear. Made strong. Made right. Made wrong.
Imperfections defined with a sharp fencing brush.

A quick squiggle here and soft stroke there.
With subtle tones and textures applied with confidence;
with caressing care, with skin stripped bare,
with sinew wrapped on bones protruding,
beyond the study of life.

Vibrancy dealt freely for enhancement sake.
Not for enhancement.
Not sake . . .
A blood pulse witnessed from inside a mirror.
The artist’s reflection poured out onto paper.
Painted as promised by craft, and by skills
that cannot be mastered but only bent to their wills.
In a brief state of flux from the life that they study:
from eye to brush . . .
An artist sees with uncommon perceptions.

#Unreal #Artists #ArtsyFarsty #Masterpiece #FromEyeToBrush

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