POEMS

First let me start by saying I never thought I was much of a poet. But through my studies in Art at UNC Charlotte I discovered a love for poetry. With it's many styles Poetry is an amazing art form. Here are a few Poems I created while attending UNCC.

"Lifeforce"

Teardrops fall
along the contoured landscape.
Wandering like a mountain stream
plummeting over the cliff
into the abyss.

Large flowing bodies
Surrounding masses,
of continental crust.
Fresh brine free origins
the scent of memories
rippling rapidly past.

A southward migration
contextual change
adds salt to the wounds
yet growth….
and then…

The healing begins
a new horizon.
A southward continental shift
and the evaporation of pain.
The cycle continues…

ahhhhhhhhh lifes sustaining force!



FREE VERSE POETRY



Definition: "Free verse is a form of poetry which refrains from meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern."

See what you get from this Free Verse poem...Please comment below:

Feelings

Sight
Smell
Touch
Taste
Hearing

Feeling – anger of our role in Iraq

A visual catharsis?
Graven image toppling--
a choreographed sham
purging of guilt.
Skewing the worldview
momentarily.

Retinas transfixed,
simulacrum of an era past.
An olfactory whiff of
burning innocence deadens
the sound of victory.

Face flushes
Reddened capillaries swell,
steam rises--
WMD?



“The Morals of Morel’s”



Pacing slowly….
Gleaning downward….
Staring intently…

The forest opens
Sun shining on the fresh
Spring dew.

Elusively blending,
hiding…
their trickery eludes me,
like 4 leaf clovers.

Step back….
Refocus, unblend, stop looking!
It appears….a solitary one.
Springing into view
the forest floor unfolds.

Alluding at first
like a relationship’s search.
When you desire you cannot see.
When you find one many more appear.

Hundreds of them lifting out of life’s fog,
Waiting for your greed to take hold.
To be devoured or cast aside?
Which one to pick?
Their stems hold the key to their truth.

WHERE HAVE I BEEN?

I know it's been a while since I have written anything on my blog and I am sorry for that. First I have had to upgrade my PC to a new model due to a bad logic board and several other key components. However the Tax return check came just in time for this to happen. Sure am glad for that one! I have a brand new pc I had built at this great little store in Charlotte. I found them over 6yrs ago through a friend who built my last computer. Make sure to stop by and check them out here



I am posting some of the Adobe Illustrator designs I have created over the past few years. The process is very intuitive and it only turns out to be representational as it develops. I don't start with anything specific but rather create a singular shape....add outlines,color,textures and more. Then I rotate, duplicate, twist and turn it around till I see something I like. Often I create a shape and don't use it but come back to it later and use it in another design. Combining things to make something totally unexpected.

I love doing this kind of art because it is very reactionary in a specific moment in time. Nothing is too sacred but often times very spiritual things come from it. Often I see something in what I am designing and I develop it further and the end result "IS" very representational of a common object. This is only by happenstance that this occurs. I have never started out to draw anything specific but often along the way I see something and go with the flow.

Does that make sense? Does anyone else know if there is a name for this kind of thing? If so please comment:

For now here are a few more things:
(Make sure to click each photo so you can see it in large format)