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Chihuly’s Fiori di
Como
cartoonified photo © 2013 Jennifer
Wagner
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Sea elf
took his
raspberry lantern
and journeyed to the
desert lands
to look for
new places to play,
new tunes to be
hummed,
and friends to be
made.
He crafted
his hut
next to
a whispering tree
and blew
his glass bugle
in a mad-fantastic
symphony
…of starlight
and
twilight
and the moon (to make them swoon)…
and if you don’t
believe me
you
should see
the
cobalt blue
of
never-give-up
sky
anemones.
©
2013 Jennifer Wagner
Above is a cartoonified photo I took of Dale Chihuly’s Fiori di Como at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Chihuly’s work is amazing and even more inspiring to me is his story of
losing an eye in an accident and a few years later injuring his shoulder but
continuing on with his glass blowing dream.
Click the highlighted links to see/read more if you’re interested. Amazing, inspiring, beautiful stuff.
For Claudia’s Poetics-taking a ride on the color wheel at dVerse, which I am too late for so I'll be linking to
OpenLinkNight, which I’m a bit late to as well, but hey the doors are still open!
oh i def. have to check him out... love the raspberry lantern...making new friends is cool...and oh i DO like the never-give-up
ReplyDeletesky anemones.... like he didn't give up... so encouraging..
the best place to craft a hut is next to a whispering tree..my ears would be eager to listen.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely mad-fanstastic symphony ~ Will check out the link ~ His work is very inspiring ~
ReplyDeleteha. sky anemones...what a fantastical red...made me smile...which is good today...i wanna see him too...smiles.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I want to be a sea elf! I love this one Jennifer and the sky anemones are brilliant~ So fun~ I was thinking about you wondering how you were doing~ @>---------------
ReplyDeleteI too will check out the link-thank you!
I love how YOU played with Chihuly's work. He is so talented and you've portrayed this so well in your ekphrasis. So much color and playfulness.
ReplyDeleteThe colors in the photo blew me away. I love the play in the poem and your take on forget-me-not sky anemones.
ReplyDeleteLove the playfulness and feeling of a story to tell around the campfire (in the desert, of course)!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully playful sounds in your inspired poem, Jennifer. I will check him out, thanks.
ReplyDeletePamela
A joyful and lovely poem, Jennifer. Made me smile.
ReplyDeleteLove this and I love Chihuly . His museum in Seattle is amazing! :)
ReplyDeleteI'll have to check out the link too. As others have said, what a joyful, fun poem!
ReplyDeletevery cool, Jennifer ~
ReplyDeleteThis gave me such a warm moment in a November bus..
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing and it has a very happy tone to it.
ReplyDeleteTo me, this is a poem of hope :)
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful Jennifer!
ReplyDeleteCool, I like this.
ReplyDelete"raspberry lantern"...love that. "cobalt blue of never-give-up sky anemones" Nothing like flowering hope blooming in the sky...beautiful piece!
ReplyDeleteI love the way that color, light and sound tell an enchanting story in this piece, Jennifer. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLOVE your poem! Especially ~
ReplyDelete" and blew
his glass bugle
in a mad-fantastic
symphony
…of starlight
and twilight
and the moon (to make them swoon)…"
great to see you, Jennifer!
♥
dani