HOW THE ARTIST SEES IT ON WINTER SOLSTICE

 

AFTER A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY KATE PAPPAS

 

In your image we’re coming from the dark,

It’s Solstice, early, we’re pulling out

In the Mothership, picking up your cousin, Josh.

Your IPhone turned back on us, your eyes

Clear, foreground of all that’s behind you,

Artist already. This image, practiced,

Part of your practice. The artist’s eye.

Grandpa all shadow, visible only through

The light in your eyes. Two framed copies.

One for me in my studio. One for you,

So that you’ll know: This is you.

A reminder how you see the world.

How to shape things by your own light.

            Gpa

            21-28 December 2020