Clay Pliable Flexible Substrate Body Cast Spirit Pottery Souls Poem by Terence George Craddock

art is ever a siren call
through ephemeral mists
whispers in artistic minds

haunting transforms artists

merge into mind art
art envisioned wakes breathes
echoes artist whispers

solo sings siren souls

artistic choice
artists make differing
artistic choices

artistic choice
themes styles tones
sentiments used

change everything

the painter paints
landscapes portraits
surrealism dreams

in flowing thought pigment images

paint strokes blank canvas
brushstrokes create images
depth emotive possibilities

canvas thought cast paint dripping skins

soul singer sings
soaring in soul flight
soaring soul lyrics

sparkling spectacular octaves

voice sings liquid energy
angelic octave range rises
ascends in paradise flight

octaves thunderstruck executes

soul wake first in flowing shallow waters
first soft touch pebble shallow piano keys
breath sigh S.O.S. an earthling in distress

dolphin crystal clear notes sung vibrant astounds

bird flies need not walk shallow cool waters
breath struggles not sick in heart lung skins
breathes sings sounds glorious heaven soars

exquisite notes escape opera throats skin drum sounds flute celestial sings

the potter hand casts
clay upon spinning wheel
rising up sought forms

clay body paste fabric clay matrix

earthenware stoneware porcelain
neolithic earthenware hand formed
low temperatures pit-fires bonfires

origins unglazed porous evolves ceramic glaze impermeable

stoneware 1,100 °C to 1,200 °C kiln fired
a thermally insulated chamber produces
temperatures sufficient to complete process

hardening drying chemical changes innovative kiln designs

porcelain prestige fired at high temperatures
1,200 1,400 °C attains strength translucence
kaolinitic clay achieves translucency whiteness

prehistoric pottery vessels sculpted figurines

clay kneading shaping drying firing
decorating painting carving glazing
artistic choice artist culture specific

artistic choice changes everything

painting music dance literature cooking gaming
in human heart soul kaleidoscopic possibilities
a vast infinite sea of surface depth possibilities

clay is pliable flexing substrate body cast spirit pottery souls


Terence George Craddock (Shadows Of Light)
Copyright © Terence George Craddock