“I only wish I had any colour to make them blacker,”* he says
to critics citing his sails for overblackness
sometimes there is something
that feels blacker than black
a further plummeting
greater mystery
sometimes the range feels further
than black to white
and we go quiet
without a referent
*William Turner’s response when criticized for the blackness of the the sails in “Peace—Burial at Sea”
4 comments:
Beautiful, Sarah! I had to look at the painting to get the whole story - it's here - http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=14784
It is on my blogspot, too. I will add it to the poem. Thanks!
Hey - I never knew you had your own blog! I'm glad to know about it now!
Yayah! I would love to see your pictures from Sat. when you get them developed. I had so much fun.
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