[nih]

Nice recovery

[Penny]

Originally Posted by nih

Nice recovery

nope NOW I am seriously lost...so explain yourself.

[nih]

There, there. You had me at 'duh'.

Ahem. Anyway, getting this back on subject here's a narrow slice of some of my stuff; this gallery focuses on a particular project:

http://nih-.deviantart.com

Greenfairy and nih, thanks for sharing. I really liked the poem and nih deviantart is the best site out there for artists!!

The Oracle

She walks through the valley in the shadow of death
Lost and without shelter
Eyes glazed like white china
A oracle appears before her
Speaks with a great fury
It asks her "child, what do you wish?"
"Only to be at peace" she answers
"I have traveled many years many days many nights
All i have seen is desolation
This land stretches before me
Wide and empty
Vultures follow me
Wild dogs chase my torn feet
I have lost my clothes
Nature wore away my skin
I tread now slowly
As my feet sometimes falter
yet still I can not stop
Where is the end oracle?"
The oracles features merge
Its eyes glimmer as puddles of oil
It inhales the air
The child draws closer
"Wait child, close your eyes"
Obedient as ever she draws tight her crusted eyelids
"What do you see?"
She smiles the leer of a cynic
"Nothing" she answers
And as she speaks the oracle vanishes
The twisted stumps of trees melt into a vortex
Followed swiftly by the deadened grass
The crater that once held the gift of life
Then it is over
She speaks not a word
She sheds not a tear
In the same way the planets collided to create life
They tear apart to return to nothing

[edshuck]

I have NO ability with art.

Kim does all manner of textiles, weaving, oragami, baskets, writes poetry. Just won the Mary Tallmountain award for some poetry. Did a lot of work on some books about basket math. She has just sent a manuscript of her poetry to a publisher. It was accepted online and this was hard copy. (I know, I printed it.)

The basket math thing is neat. Goes like this. Baskets define space. So to understand a theoretical about a space, make a basket and study the ACTUAL space. May sound odd, but the thing was in the running for a Nobel a few years back and while she was not to get the award (if granted) her work was mentioned on the submission.

I may be able to get Eddie to let me scan one of his works.