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