Greetings To Mark Tobey, In White Writing Poem by Denis Mair
Greetings To Mark Tobey, In White Writing
Your 'white writing' is a greeting to your long-lost brother in Seattle, and his name is Mark Tobey.
From the far edge of the American land mass, he greeted the rest of the world.
From that edge his inscriptions tumbled into a space where energy inter-converts with matter.
He wrote the foundations of matter and the plenum of meaning.
He wrote primal energies by channeling them through the heart-mind.
He wrote a line that confides the purity of an artist's intention;
he unspooled an inner infinity into improvised clusters.
From the western edge of his land mass, he would have met you halfway
a kindred impulse far eastward, engaged in another kind of 'white writing.'
What a distinctive approach to painting by Mark Tobey. A well presented write.
A wonderful poem that expresses in brilliant detail the great attributes of one of the most internationally revered American artists, Mark Tobey.
this poem resonates, lines like 'He wrote primal energies by channeling them through the heart-mind. He wrote a line that confides the purity of an artist's intention; ' mimic poetic aspirations I also sometimes strive to attain
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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A lovely tribute to the genius of an artist. The words do justice to the graphic. A visual treat enhanced by the sophistry of your language.