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Poetry
Ethereal Art
By Novu
19 December 2006
An expression about a piece of art I came across in a gallery.


This ethereal art;

the fabric, ivory watered silk

folds erratically,

into paper sculptures;

horizontal lines meeting

a shift in perspective,

a face from a white void,

and translucent skin

echoing softly in snow gardens,

white spray neutralising

vanilla scents from lost homes

and the paint flows

in childlike paper chains,

slivers of ice

in crystal blankets,

splatters of liquid diamond

and fine pearl gloss,

frosting on a window pane;

a fresh page

flaring with imaginary colour.

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Written by Phil (6435 comments posted) 19th December 2006
Sorry Novu, could see the skill in this, all that monochrome whiteness, but it didn't do much for me.  
 
Mind, neither does ethereal art. I love a good picture, but I like to know what I'm looking at. 
 
I'm sure others will see this differently.  
 
Phil.

Written by Witzl (1585 comments posted) 19th December 2006
I love the idea of 'splatters of liquid diamond and fine pearl gloss frosting on a window pane.' That is a lovely image. I can just about get lost in the images I like here and be perfectly happy. But part of me wonders just what is going on here, and that part of me is not satisfied NOT knowing. It may well be that other readers won't care what is going on -- or they will know straight away.  

Written by ellipinnock (1753 comments posted) 21st December 2006
Mostly I really liked this although I thought, 
 
'white spray neutralising 
vanilla scents from lost homes' 
 
was maybe a step too far and I'm not sure all the line breaks are quite right in this. As a concept I thought this was really good, interesting piece of writing. 
 
Elli

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