- In this Mask Painting with Poem, "Passionate
Pallette," an original oil on panel, I was inspired to create
an arrangement that would allow me to include this poem about
the Colors of Paint on my Pallette as subject matter in a painting.
Occasionally I will write a poem that I am willing to argue with
the critics about concerning its merits as to what I believe
to be a good and solid poem, this is one of them. (The other
is "Ancient Soul")
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- "PASSIONATE PALETTE"
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- RED is like blood that runs hot,
pulsating with
- dancing fertility in the swollenness
of veins that
- know the flames of the passionate
drumbeat of a thirsting heart.
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- YELLOW is like the spring wildflowers
in a field
- of hope that only today have melted
yesterday's
- frost onto dewdrops of lachrymose
joy.
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- BLUE is like the mystery of life
under a spangled
- blanket of unlived dreams, softly
and gently
- illuminated by the awakening of a
bright and beautiful reality.
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- BLACK is like the depth of hidden
thoughts in a
- bottomless well of lost souls, afraid
to challenge
- the darkness within and ascend to
the limitless heights of bliss
- .
- WHITE is like an all consuming infinity
of pure light
- that emanates eternally from a true
lover
- forever self blinded by the purity
of an idyllic concept of love.
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- By Paul McMillan
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