The Poem

The poet describes the dancing crowd as “an ocean of mud”. Perhaps that was her perspective from the stage as she sang to the audience.

 

The Picture

This painting sat half done all summer. The imagery is inspired by the words of the poem. The paint application is a study of motion, swirling, spinning… I also enjoy how the background figures have taken on a character of their own.

 

The Dance (The Show Must Go On)

 

Lights and slow

Movement,

 

Actions

People who

Come and go,

Come

and go.

 

Currents of thought

Waters of vision

Seas of intentions

Oceans of mud,

Oceans

of mud

 

Gripping, Smothering

Magnetic.

Overwhelming,

Overpowering,

Overly uncontrollable.

 

Pelicans in flight

Awkward dance

Rising above,

Rising,

 

Above

Currents of pain.

 

Poem by: Susan Michaud

 

Picture by: Sylvia Arthur 

© Sylvia Arthur