Miss Miriam's Mirror: Normality

Friday, May 24, 2013

Normality

“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.”

~ Vincent Van Gogh

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MissMiriamMay 27, 2013 at 12:06 PM
Vincent has been a favorite of mine since childhood.

The lilacs are coming out strong in my yard, if I squint my eyes they look like the ones in this this painting.
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Estancia De La Ding DongMay 28, 2013 at 8:33 PM
Wonderful !

It's amazing how viewing a Van Gogh up close doesn't resemble anything except for splotches of paint yet to take a step back reveals a masterpiece.
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MissMiriamMay 29, 2013 at 10:34 AM
Oh yes. Better than any 3D poster.

At the risk of sounding like an 'art student'...I have always loved the French Impressionists.
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POET'S CORNER

At the Cottage of Messer Violi
by Paul Violi

The mailbox, painted dark blue,
sits atop a tilted cedar post.
It has a little red flag on one side
and it is altogether remarkable.

The Toyota in the driveway
is very old and is said
to have come from Japan.

There is in the hallway
an immense dogfood bowl.
It is made of iridescent pink plastic.
It is, as I have said, immense
and it is hideous.

In the kitchenette is a statuette
of Ceres, Goddess of Wheaties.

The dishwasher is a Kenmore
and altogether worthy of praise.

In the foyer the over-sized painting
of a porkchop provides
visitors many opportunities
for conversation.

In the servants' quarters
there are many impressive works
that stress the imminence of death
and the probability of hell fire.

Placed on the broad maplewood table
beside bottles of cognac
there is a recording device
with a silver megaphone
into which natives are often
invited to shout
the oral histories of their people.

We whose hearts have been gripped
by life, scoff at the idea of art

as mere ornamentation: So they
seem to proclaim,
the three statues that adorn
the neighbor's lawn, plaster deer
with real bulletholes in them.