In a Field of Whispers

 

(Ode to a Jack-o'-lantern)

One minute, you were there,

facing a moon enshrined by clouds.

Then, the lights went out.

And, the clouds came down in long, luminous spirals

clinging to your skin with cool, misty tendrils.

Ice silvers the rims of your darkened eyes and hollow mouth;

your last breath lost in a field of whispers...

where, slowly, you will coalesce, drop by crucial drop,

with those who creep upon the earth, and the hallowed grounds they cross.

- 2025, DS. Cloud timestamps: 1) October 7, 2025, 6:33 pm, 2) October 7, 2025, 6:33 pm, 3) June 25, 2025, 4:41 pm, 4) October 7, 2025, 6:32 pm, 5) July 31, 2025, 7:04 pm.

(More below the jump...)

Art Works!

"To be a successful artist you must be unrealistic and delusional."

- Contemporary writer and Art activist, Amie McNee, found here.

And that's just the beginning! :-)

In any case, artists - and this means you - if you or someone you know are suffering from fears of alienation, inadequacy or irrelevance, do yourself an immense favor and listen to the wise woman in the TED video above: The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire. She speaks for you. Her name is Amie McNee... (and her voluminous coat-of-many-colors is to die for)!

Artists at work

Today's hat-tip goes to the artists of Portland, Oregon, keeping the streets (and democracy) safe with insight, humor and music!

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

"Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say."

 Thank you, Portland, OR! (The artists in action.)

Note: My own, small, vaporous rant lies below the jump.