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Acrylic on 100% Rag / 2004
Acrylic on Rag, 2004
Acrylic on 100% rag, 2004
The subjects of my blog posts, mostly essays and poems, are related to the themes of my paintings. Writing in an introspective and philosophical manner, I wish to communicate my views of life and art from the perspective of spiritual struggle.
About Me
- Georgette Jones
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- For the past twenty-two years I have been a prolific professional artist. My primary discipline is painting. My secondary disciplines are writing, calligraphy, collage and mixed media, including handmade boxes, handmade books and notecards. The highlights of my career include a two-year stint as an art columnist, an award-winning artist's residency at a prominent museum, several solo and group exhibitions, magazine covers and features, also television, radio and speaking engagements, to name just a few. I am a mid-career artist who is once again promoting my art, while seeking to make good friends and have fun along the way.
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Amazement
At times, I have
nourished my days
on simple
amazement
Of Infinite Creation
generating
each through each
time upon time
never duplicating
the rhyme
Of vast varieties
proliferating
one after one
each unique
beyond reach
Of earthly imagination.
When I ponder
this incredibility
I do not question
validity
Amazement is mine
There is a
Divine!
Note: Unless otherwise noted, all work is the copyrighted property of Georgette Jones, and must not be copied, duplicated or downloaded without the owner's written permission.:
nourished my days
on simple
amazement
Of Infinite Creation
generating
each through each
time upon time
never duplicating
the rhyme
Of vast varieties
proliferating
one after one
each unique
beyond reach
Of earthly imagination.
When I ponder
this incredibility
I do not question
validity
Amazement is mine
There is a
Divine!
Note: Unless otherwise noted, all work is the copyrighted property of Georgette Jones, and must not be copied, duplicated or downloaded without the owner's written permission.:
Poets Read and Loved
- Langston Hughes
- Arna Bontemps
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Walt Whitman
- Pablo Neruda
- Lucille Clifton
- Rumi
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Maya Angelou
- William Shakespeare
- Emily Dickinson
- Richard Wright
- Naomi Long Madgett
"Within My Heart I Give Thanks"
Acrylic on 100% Rag / 2004
About Haiku
Three lines of poetry. First line is 5 syllables; second line is 7 syllables; third line is 5 syllables. Non-rhyming. Preferably about the seasons and/or nature. I will be posting some from time to time.
Georgette
Georgette
Come sweet spring season
And swing me gently upward
To touch the bright sky
And swing me gently upward
To touch the bright sky
Sometimes the evening
Is like an artful lover
Indigo and rapt
Is like an artful lover
Indigo and rapt
This mood is precious
As a newborn child of spring
Forever loved
As a newborn child of spring
Forever loved
Following winter
Comes this green dancing springtime
Youthful and jaunty
Comes this green dancing springtime
Youthful and jaunty
Winter promises
With icy captivity
Spring seeking through shards
With icy captivity
Spring seeking through shards
While darkness now flirts
This inner prisoner dreams
Of light days coming
This inner prisoner dreams
Of light days coming
Never has winter
Been so painfully intense
One long aching sigh
Been so painfully intense
One long aching sigh
The large gray cloud said
"Brightness will follow rain
Like sunlight through fog"
"Brightness will follow rain
Like sunlight through fog"
Be my sweet teacher
Assign me a love lesson
That will earn an ay
Assign me a love lesson
That will earn an ay
Dreams are a haven
For arbitrary travels
We welcome sweet sleep
For arbitrary travels
We welcome sweet sleep
This ride is worth it
Despite mountains and valleys
We will forge ahead
Despite mountains and valleys
We will forge ahead
From the morning sun
Rays of light fill the window
Bidding me hello
Rays of light fill the window
Bidding me hello
In the underbrush
Lives all manner of creatures
Minute to the eye
Lives all manner of creatures
Minute to the eye
Like autumn she lives
With fading colors of change
Winter at her door
With fading colors of change
Winter at her door
At the end of the day
The ember glowing fireplace
Warms our frosty feet
The ember glowing fireplace
Warms our frosty feet
Memories of fall
Bequeaths winter endurance
Teaching me patience
Bequeaths winter endurance
Teaching me patience
None of the results
Match this moonlit dream of mine
Which is much bigger
Match this moonlit dream of mine
Which is much bigger
As the panther stalks
Good mothers hide their children
Where none can find them
Good mothers hide their children
Where none can find them
Quotation #16
"In our deeply anti-intellectual society, most people read along very narrow lines and think along very narrow lines....."
Author Bell Hooks
Author Bell Hooks
Quotation #15
"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Quotation #14
"The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you."
Bette Midler
Bette Midler
Quotation #13
"Art is the most frenzied orgy man is capable of."
Jean DuBuffet
Jean DuBuffet
Quotation #12
"People think I am eccentric, cranky. If I'm eccentric because I've never been into mainstream things, then I am eccentric."
Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Quotation #11
"A man shows reckless courage in entering into the abyss of himself."
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats
Arrival
This time arrived
as though
it always
was.
As though
it had always
been here.
Arrived
fortuitous,
brimming,
overflowing.
As though
it always
was mine.
Arrived
as though
never hoped for
never cried for
never waited for.
Arrived,
familiar,
befitting,
comfortable.
Arrived on time
like it always
was mine.
copyright 2009, Georgette Jones
as though
it always
was.
As though
it had always
been here.
Arrived
fortuitous,
brimming,
overflowing.
As though
it always
was mine.
Arrived
as though
never hoped for
never cried for
never waited for.
Arrived,
familiar,
befitting,
comfortable.
Arrived on time
like it always
was mine.
copyright 2009, Georgette Jones
Quotation #10
"All great art is by its very essence in conflict with the society with which it coexists."
Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm
"From a Dream #2"
Acrylic on Rag, 2004
The Dream Eater
She knows how it feels to eat dreams
As food on the table, bills to be paid
Where obligations consume great schemes
Devoured in bits as they slowly fade.
She once held a bright dream to realize
Gave it love and watched it grow
But her dream failed to materialize
An anticipated date that did not show.
Whenever opportunity came, it seemed
There were always previous priorities
In time, disappointment was not redeemed
To allow an appearance of her abilities
In some drab future, she did lament
As shadows of dreams sometimes arose
Between the wedge of duty and discontent
An aching sore which refused to close
Each civic, committee and family date
Served her belief that there still was time
To attend the passion which lay in wait
Patiently postponed far beyond her prime
In some drab future, she did consent
To receive recognition for deeds done
Awards and prizes for all years spent
Yet for her dreams, there were none.
She knows how it feels to eat dreams
As food on the table, bills to be paid
Where obligations consume great schemes
Devoured in bits as they slowly fade
As food on the table, bills to be paid
Where obligations consume great schemes
Devoured in bits as they slowly fade.
She once held a bright dream to realize
Gave it love and watched it grow
But her dream failed to materialize
An anticipated date that did not show.
Whenever opportunity came, it seemed
There were always previous priorities
In time, disappointment was not redeemed
To allow an appearance of her abilities
In some drab future, she did lament
As shadows of dreams sometimes arose
Between the wedge of duty and discontent
An aching sore which refused to close
Each civic, committee and family date
Served her belief that there still was time
To attend the passion which lay in wait
Patiently postponed far beyond her prime
In some drab future, she did consent
To receive recognition for deeds done
Awards and prizes for all years spent
Yet for her dreams, there were none.
She knows how it feels to eat dreams
As food on the table, bills to be paid
Where obligations consume great schemes
Devoured in bits as they slowly fade
Copyright 2009, Georgette Jones
True Revenge
Utterly wronged, you want them to pay
Feel deep your hand of wrath
You desire justice exacted today
In the manner you secretly ask
The act committed was most unfair
Rendered from dregs of trust
Your intense pain radiates everywhere
Your thirst for vengence feels just
Yet neither you or anyone on earth
Can bring rightness to being
The price sought for all it's worth
Is already paid outside your seeing!
Copyright 2009, Georgette Jones
Feel deep your hand of wrath
You desire justice exacted today
In the manner you secretly ask
The act committed was most unfair
Rendered from dregs of trust
Your intense pain radiates everywhere
Your thirst for vengence feels just
Yet neither you or anyone on earth
Can bring rightness to being
The price sought for all it's worth
Is already paid outside your seeing!
Copyright 2009, Georgette Jones
Last Three (3) Books Read
- The Mastery of Love by Don Miquel Ruiz
- The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
- The Sigma Protocol by Robert Ludlum
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Followers
Quotation #9
"A truly sensitive man does not have to tell you that he is sensitive. His actions will prove him to be so."
Georgette Jones
Georgette Jones
Quotation #8
"Obscurity doesn't make a work of art any less important. We live in a society where great works are often overlooked, just as mediocre ones are sometimes pushed to the forefront."
Georgette Jones
Georgette Jones
Quotation #7
"I get up every morning with the desire to do some creative work. This desire is made of the same stuff as the sexual desire, the desire to make money or any other desire."
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer
"Waiting for the Melody"
Acrylic on 100% rag, 2004
Quotation #6
"I, too, find the flower beautiful in its outward appearance: but a deeper beauty lies concealed within."
Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian
Quotation #5
"I want feelings to be expressed, to be open, to be natural, not to be looked on as strange. It's not weird if you feel deeply."
-May Sarton
-May Sarton
Quotation #4
"Always dream and shoot higher than you know how to. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."
-William Faulkner
-William Faulkner
Quotation #3
"The observation of nature is part of an artist's life. It enlarges his form knowledge, keeps him fresh and feeds inspiration."
-Henry Moore
-Henry Moore
Quotation #2
"I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more."
-Jonas Salk
-Jonas Salk
Quotation #1
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
-Pablo Picasso
-Pablo Picasso
List of All Blog Posts
- All Art
- Sonnet for Solitude
- Alliteration for Posterity
- Surreal
- On Making Art
- Evolving
- Art in Nature
- Here and Now
- It is Courage
- What Grows in Your Garden
- Of My Body, Forgiveness
- Art in Words
- Four-Month Itinerary
- The Joy of Imagination
- The Writings of Robert Henri
- Imagination Defined
- Marrying and Losing Blue
- Spirituality, Love and Art / Part I
- Spirituality, Love and Art / Part II
- The Week in Gratitude #2
- Spirituality, Love and Art / Part III
- Spirituality, Love and Art / Part IV
- Balancing Solitude and Socializing
- My Top Ten Inspirations for Creating Art
- The Week in Art #2
- Sonia Delauney, The Life of An Artist
- Sonnet for New Books
- Why Equals Make the Best Friends
- The Week in Gratitude #3
- The Necessity of Beauty
- My House #3
- The Pleasure of Paper / Part I
- Buoyancy by Rumi
- True Friends
- Acceptance
- Warrior: The Archetype of the Artist
- The Black Man Talks of Reaping
- Because of Love
- Good Things for the Autumn Soul
- Of My Body, Forgiveness
- The Drive to Paint
- Night Perception
- To Youth a Reminder
- Rewind
- Everywhere
- Artists Who Share
- Fond Wishes for 2010
- Cancer Survivor
- The Compassionate Sun
- Staying Healthy While Creating Art
- How Ideas Come
- Art and the Fifth House of Leo
- Navigating Facebook
- Leaving Winter
- Appreciating Art by Children
- 10 Things Art and Sex Have in Common
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