minimalist narcissist

2/6/2024 hair, sometimes has a bad human day

GROUP PHOTO OF HAIR ABOUT TOWN

SUNSET SUNRISE WITH HELICOPTER AND INCIDENTAL TREES & BIRDS

THE MOON TRAVERSES SLOWER AND FASTER THAN YOU KNOW

severed on the board
Con/Jur/d, 2/7/2024


Posed, between unleavened crackers
rustic bread with a black handled knife
conspicuously ,
, on a grained :laugh: wooden board
marked by deep whirls and rings
indicating a long-lived tree, subject to

harsh conditions, like, living alone
on a cliff, impossibly twisted by 
wind and salt 

UNTIL

whose vigil was interrupted 
;unfortunately, by an Armenian carpenter
who during his too brief life, while 
, reflecting on resilience ,
carved out this squared board -
from the round heart, producing
wood chips used as kindling, and several
cuts and scrapes, , , which in those days 
could be fatefully fatal 
upon which rests
a fruit selection whose albedo skin 
and diffused reflection, a trickiness
:optics are illusion:
of accents, blending of matte and gloss
an unseen light source

apt metaphor for the divine gaze -

in the midst of the chiaroscuro charcuterie

severed on the board, sits a head

we are told this (rather, wisdom is received
conveniently covering the massive amounts of blood
such a carving organically produces)    reward

is for John the Baptist

who introduced resisting the temptations of the flesh
to a popular audience

who still celebrate the celibate

divide the world into the pure, bloodless
well polished

and us

unwashed, uncarved, unknown

luckily, we share this angle with the painter and the mysterious

light, from this  very              ,                  space    ,    sameness

we experience,
                           

 :                           this now.

Much love,

Con/Jur/d, 2/7/2024