“Wet Fur”
These are six lines from “Tattooing in Qazwin”, a poem by Rumi and (loosely) translated by Coleman Barks. The full poem is below, with the six lines bolded. The tattoo was designed by Joshua Davis (www.theartofjoshuadavis.com) and inked by the incomparable Scott Versago (www.scottversago.com). The thorns speak for themselves. The blue is for good luck. The whirling dervish is a tribute to Rumi and the Mevlevi Order, and Rumi’s name is at the bottom in Farsi.
In Qazwin, they have a custom of tattooing themselves
for good luck, with a blue ink, on the back
of the hand, the shoulder, wherever.
A certain man goes to his barber
and asks to be given a powerful, heroic, blue lion
on his shoulder blade. “And do it with flair!
I’ve got Leo ascending. I want plenty of blue!”
But as soon as the needle starts pricking,
he howls,
“What are you doing?”
“The lion.”
“Which limb did you start with?”
“I began with the tail.”
“Well, leave out the tail. That lion’s rump
is in a bad place for me. It cuts off my wind.”
The barber continues, and immediately
the man yells out,
“Ooooooooo! Which part now?”
“The ear.”
“Doc, let’s do a lion with no ears this time.”
The barber shakes his head, and once more the needle,
and once more the wailing,
“Where are you now?”
“The belly.”
“I like a lion without a belly.”
The master lion-maker
stands for a long time with his fingers in his teeth.
Finally he throws the needle down.
“No one has ever
been asked to do such a thing! To create a lion
without a tail or a head or a stomach.
God himself could not do it!”
Brother, stand the pain.
Escape the poison of your impulses.
The sky will bow to your beauty, if you do.
Learn to light the candle. Rise with the sun.
Turn away from the cave of your sleeping.
That way a thorn expands to a rose.
A particular glows with the universal.
What is it to praise?
Make yourself particles.
What is it to know something of God?
Burn inside that presence. Burn up.
Copper melts in the healing elixir.
So melt yourself in the mixture
that sustains existence.
You tighten your two hands together,
determined not to give up saying “I” and “we.”
This tightening blocks you.
“Greek Rest Cézanne Landscape”
30 Avril
2012
Je passe à la grande peinture 60 à 100 cm dèjà le 29 Avril et jusqu’à la fin des beaux jours où je peux peindre sur ma petite terrasse… Je varie le thème de la Victoire du Peuple Grec avec des sous-thèmes, Jeux Olympiques (symbole de l’argent gaspillé), peuples d’autres pays confrontés à l’oligarchie (Espagne avec Dali, Amérique Latine avec Che…), Luttes plutôt que victoire (lié à l’actualité: l’Espagne). Mais je garde le même style surréaliste en mêlant une multitude d’époque, de styles, de personnages et de paysages (peinture grecque antique sur vase, peinture médievale avec Bosch, les peintres Hollandais etc., peinture de paysage avec Cézanne (retour au thème de l’automne dernier), photos des pays concernés (retour au thème de cet hiver), peinture d’autres peintres etc.)
29 May
C’est le moment de laisser les Grecs à leur nouveau passage vers une Europe moins destructrice, où ils ont fait leur choix pour un Parti de gauche indigné devant la Troïka Européenne, pour s’intéresser à une autre lutte qui dure depuis plusieurs mois, un peu comme en Grèce, initiée par la jeunesse du pays… celle du Québek! Ce sera ma nouvelle Série de soutien à un peuple qui résiste, le peuple Canadien. Parce que peindre c’est aussi Résister avec ceux qui refusent les plans injustes et la corruption.
The New Exhibition in June, starting 7th of June: “F*A*K*E* or The Last Glittering Dreams”; with big paintings every week (20-50 hours of workart each) a large format (i.e.100 x 70 cm ) where I put a maximum of details of dreams… for instance about the surrealist dreams of actors or personalities (Adrien Brody, Hugh Dancy…) starting sometimes from a fake nude photo of them…will be the time to give up with Greek People and their fight against the European Troika, and a sort of victory since they succeed to reject the unfear politics of Merkel and ex-Sarkozy, then to interest myself and yourself with a new fight, born a few months ago on the other side of Atlantic Ocean: Canada with Québek. It will be the topics of my New Series starting 7th of June: the Resistance against corruption and unfairness of government. Because painting is also resisting!
But first this big painting called “Greek Rest in Cezanne Landscape…”
Mais tout d’abord avec cette grande peinture: “Le Repos du Peuple Grec dans un paysage de Cézanne”…
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Cuong Nguyen
Michael
Oil on canvas
(Submitted by teeeners)
hadrian6:
“Free Men In Budapest / Tram 41”“Hommes libres à Budapest / Tram 41”“szabad ferfik Budapest / 41-es villamos”#: 20120219
Size /Tamanho/Dimension:
35x40cm
Category: acrylic
Description: Four naked young men in the snow in Budapest : two very musced of them are in the front looking the watcher, a third one is on the left side of the picture sitting on a blue chair and a fourth naked man is walking towards the tram number 41 in the snow…
Quatre jeunes hommes nus dans la neige à Budapest : deux d’entre eux sont de face devant nous et nous regardent. Ils sont très muscés. Un troisième est assis sur une chaise bleue sur la gauche. Un quatrième marche au loin pour prendre le tram numéro 41 au centre du tableau…
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