Rainbow Mountain - Breaking the Gridlock of Hate Number 5
by Aberjhani
Title
Rainbow Mountain - Breaking the Gridlock of Hate Number 5
Artist
Aberjhani
Medium
Mixed Media - Mixed Media Digital Paintings
Description
My experiments with matching images and text continue to produce surprising results, including this one. In addition to an early poem titled "The View from Where We Love," Rainbow Mountain was inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's and Claude Monet's passions for working outdoors to produce creative impressions of landscapes and of nature in general. The original poem placed a romantic relationship within the context of a shared spiritual journey.
I thought about the shared journey aspect recently when hearing more reports of more hate crimes against various communities. I took some comfort in the idea that Love & Beauty in all their many forms have survived one atrocity after another all these centuries and undoubtedly will continue to do so. The following is the second section from the poem:
THE VIEW FROM WHERE WE LOVE
...At the bottom
I had started in stone boots
and forty-pound furs.
Half-way up, a pink wind
warm as an unborn spirit
pressed me teasingly
against a silver tree
of knowledge divine
and shredded from my limbs
the weight and skin of dead beasts.
Wrapped my knees and genitals,
my chest and face
in the cloak of a healing sigh.
Reaching the top
my stone boots crumbled
and I sat with crossed legs
upon a carpet of painted fire,
rainbows pouring through my hands
like sweet wounds of grace
bleeding a naked peace
for all this world to see...
(Aberjhani, from Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black)
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April 30th, 2019
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Comments (16)
Greta Foose
Your mountain looks like it is on fire with a rainbow of acceptance and love for everyone, very beautiful image.
Aberjhani's Official Postered Chromatic Poetics
Thank you Ramon for checking out "Rainbow Mountain - Breaking the Gridlock of Hate Number 5." It was inspired by an earlier piece and I keep thinking I want to create another edition as well. Maybe...
Earth And Spirit
Beautiful work Aberjhani. Great use of color.
Aberjhani replied:
Thanks tremendously Earth & Spirit. Always enjoy exploring works in your galleries as well.
Aberjhani's Official Postered Chromatic Poetics
Thank you Anthony, Chance, and Marie. For some reason different interpretations of this piece keep coming to me so I'll see what happens with developing versions.
Anthony Masterjoseph
Incredible creativity to see and hear...visually intense and with complimentary free verse ‘The View From Where We Love’...is as beautiful in verse as is its counterpart ‘Rainbow Mountain- Breaking the Gridlock Of Hate Number 5’...together brings your experimentations of images and text to a above and beyond experience for the viewer...cool exceptional creativity Aberjhani !
Aberjhani's Official Postered Chromatic Poetics
Deepest gratitude to the ARTS FANTASTIC WORLD Group for featuring this image.
Swedish Attitude Design
Truly Stunning work! I love it a lot! Thank you for your recently comments and encouragement on my work ~ Sincerely Cia ~
Aberjhani replied:
Very glad you took time to check it out Cia. Always a pleasure to visit your splendid gallery.
VIVA Anderson
Always I am enervated by new awareness only you can stimulate, Aberjhani, because the Art with thoughts, reaches all my levels of 'knowing', and kudos/compliments on the gorgeous Painting, and for keeping us sane with your heart and mind-ful positivity.........f.v........VIVA
Aberjhani replied:
Thanks tremendously for your heartfelt response VIVA. I made a conscious choice to relinquish certain restrictions on this piece which is in fact a reinterpretation of another.
Carol Japp
I love the vibrant colour palette of this striking piece Aberjhani! Wonderful, creative work! l/f
Angeles M Pomata
Gorgeous piece, Aberjhani!! Love the fresh atmosphere and the amplitude of this marvelous landscape. L/F
Aberjhani replied:
Greatly appreciate that Angeles. This is about my fourth take on the idea & I like the way it turned out.
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