Brought three paintings up to LynnArts for their juried show, PAINT— opening Saturday, June 23rd from 2-4 pm. Mostly I am overwhelmed by the work involved to prep for bringing up Magical Engineers, Coast to Coast, and Precious Gems.
I’d originally intended to submit Queens, which got such a great reception during Fort Point Art Walk, but with the humidity it has pulled up from the canvas a bit and needs some touching up before it is ready to show.
Also, who said that artists don’t have to commute? The traffic was atrocious to and from— but I had a chance to turn the radio off and work on some poems I am trying out for the upcoming September Poetry Slam at the Seapoint in Southie. With a $100 prize, everyone who enters will have to bring some fresh ammo.
As crazy as it sounds, I am working on some rap-like poems. One of the more interesting things about rhyme in poetry in the 20th Century is that using it eventually became a little too playful for serious poems (unless it was an ironic use), until rap of about the last 10 years. So, in the Slam format, and in devising some poems about the city, I am experimenting with sound through rhyme. Is interesting.
And, being at the LynnArts facility I was able to see many of the other entrants to the juried show. It was very humbling. They have some amazing stuff already— worth a trip to Central Square to check out for sure.
I’d originally intended to submit Queens, which got such a great reception during Fort Point Art Walk, but with the humidity it has pulled up from the canvas a bit and needs some touching up before it is ready to show.
Also, who said that artists don’t have to commute? The traffic was atrocious to and from— but I had a chance to turn the radio off and work on some poems I am trying out for the upcoming September Poetry Slam at the Seapoint in Southie. With a $100 prize, everyone who enters will have to bring some fresh ammo.
As crazy as it sounds, I am working on some rap-like poems. One of the more interesting things about rhyme in poetry in the 20th Century is that using it eventually became a little too playful for serious poems (unless it was an ironic use), until rap of about the last 10 years. So, in the Slam format, and in devising some poems about the city, I am experimenting with sound through rhyme. Is interesting.
And, being at the LynnArts facility I was able to see many of the other entrants to the juried show. It was very humbling. They have some amazing stuff already— worth a trip to Central Square to check out for sure.
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