This weeks art submission geeked me, I think as oposed to me geeking it. I wandered the craft aisles looking at sketch pads, canvas, yarn and craft paper , and I – just wasnt inspired. With all the preperation and space devoted to the book and the pending travels very soon to cali, the releasing of one space to create another, the reinvention, creation, the flying, the nesting, the letting go, the creativity meter was running low or so I thought until it hit me – Manga, I was going to create manga. Cooking after a long day or just on a long day often inspires me. I see it too as a space for art where our creativity meets with our inventiveness and all of the spices, seasonings, mediums to work with but instead of acrylic or oil pastel its tofu and broccoli, chick pea and pita. The possibilities are endless so I spent an afternoon shopping for local digs and harvesting my finds in the kitchen to create this – Manga! Fresh tomatos with balsalmic oil and seasonings, olives, dried apricots, wine, fresh bread and Sunday afternoon Pasta. To share with the family and note that it is all Vegan – yes, can you believe it?
I title this submission:
“The Art of Manga'”
The Mushroom Meat
The Meal
The Art of Manga
I, for luck on my impending San Francisco move / adventure spectacular spectacular – paired it with this bottle of “Bohemian Highway” Claifornia Merlot
and after a few glasses of this in between sparkling italian’ lemon water I was finally inspired to write that poem – which goes as follows
She strolled in through the gates of vienna
turning, just past the fountain
her bicycle tracks pressed deeply into the dirt
as her skirt rose on the wind
gliding through the space
freely like the flowers there playing in the grass
the sky – so blue
a blue that echos
she with finger extended pressed back twice
to ring the bell
a signal that her basket was full
with wine, and bread
dried apricots and perrier
she rang ahead to her love
whom she knew was waiting
by the tree on this day
in that meadow
she rang the bell for love,
for the family that he was,
for the stars and the moon and the wine juice
for the streams and the rivers
and the manga
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And so you see, this weeks art submission – geeked all over me – Happy Sunday! – Manga
Yummay…. Manga creativity… I can smell it over here!
Yum! I swear I could smell it.