Art Show

 

Pick a medium, any medium.
Shuffle it with streamlined themes
and magic random thoughts.
Cut it, quick, whoever you are.

Now hide it from the pros
who’ve done every dream.
Think you can. Know you can.
Pour paintings, burn songs.
Pray long and hard for your blog.

Follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow the Feller Kiln way.
You watch.
Revelations will unfold and
a moment comes clear,
bold as the ace of diamonds.

Where to then?
Do your gifts hang low?
Be they wabi-sabi for hip economists?

Yes! Oh no. Yes!
To market, to market,
the jury smells blood.
Do they buy, sell,
or briefly close in?
Pick one, guess.

Next time, promise.
No tricks.

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Notes:

– As explained by wikipedia, the Feller Kiln brought contemporary design to wood firing by re-using unburnt gas from the chimney to heat intake air before it enters the firebox. This leads to an even shorter firing cycle and less wood consumption.

– As further explained, wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. Characteristics include asymmetry, asperity (roughness or irregularity), simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes.