details of [buddha] . work in progress

detail 1 of [buddha]
acrylic on canvas
work in progress

detail 2 of [buddha]
acrylic on canvas
work in progress

[details of] drawing . work in progress

[detail 1 of] drawing . work in progress

[detail 2 of] drawing . work in progress

[detail 3 of] drawing . work in progress

anna

anna
charcoal and pencil on paper
22″ x 15″
work in progress

[untitled] : butterfly

[untitled]:butterfly
acrylic on canvas
20″ x 10
work in progress

sketch

pencil on paper

the nature of love

And now i will show you the most excellent way.

If i speak in the language of men and of angels, but have not love, i am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If i have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if i have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, i am nothing. If i give all i possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, i gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. it always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When i was a child, i talked like a child, i thought like a child, i reasoned like a child. When i became a man, i put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now i know in part; then i shall know fully, even as i am fully known.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

 

–          bible . 1 corinthians 13

the new messiah, details of

the new messiah, detail i
mixed media on canvas

the new messiah, detail ii
mixed media on canvas

the new messsiah

the new messiah
mixed media on canvas
20″ x 16″

bromeliad, the birth of new buds

bromeliad, the birth of new buds

for art dance literature music…

to change your language you must change your life.

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Derek Walcott,

from Collected Poems 1948-1984