The ArchesTwenty-five surreal colleges by Long Island artist John Digby, set in an ornate arch from the Alhambra, suggest a multiplicity of narratives and provide provocative starting points for poet Tony Curtis. Giraffes in slings, a toppling Statue of Liberty, wooly mammoths, are among the many intriguing images to which the poet has responded. The works in this book challenge artist, poet, and reader alike about the nature of creativity There is also an interactive CD of The Arches available. View the collages on computer and create your own images from the templates and dip art provided. Listen to the author reading his own poems, and write your own response to the words, images, and specially commissioned score. |
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... and his children have the eyes of yesterday's fish . The ladies of the seashore watch the sea turning white with anger . They dream of captains of the world who know its taste is salt . This is not Noah who , left stranded on a 29 XII.
... and his children have the eyes of yesterday's fish . The ladies of the seashore watch the sea turning white with anger . They dream of captains of the world who know its taste is salt . This is not Noah who , left stranded on a 29 XII.
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... eyes , all mist from thence Purge and disperse , that I may see and tell Of things invisible to moral sight John Milton , Paradise Lost III , 52-55 ' My Father's mansion has many rooms , ' repeated Sister Thompson , the nun who taught ...
... eyes , all mist from thence Purge and disperse , that I may see and tell Of things invisible to moral sight John Milton , Paradise Lost III , 52-55 ' My Father's mansion has many rooms , ' repeated Sister Thompson , the nun who taught ...
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... eyes and ears an artist I'd thought I would love to work with . The vision and generosity of the Arts Council of Wales made that possible . In the early days I had joked with John about " The Arches - the book , film and musical ' ! The ...
... eyes and ears an artist I'd thought I would love to work with . The vision and generosity of the Arts Council of Wales made that possible . In the early days I had joked with John about " The Arches - the book , film and musical ' ! The ...
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