This Moment
December 14, 2011
Pre-sketch for a large-scale book.
This Moment
Slapdash trickery
of fading blue
who once touched the moon–
stepping out
letting go and
lost in the obsessive experiment
of image-making
Making hot
red-ink
madness
from quiet corners
ACTIVATED
Hidden mastery
of the subtle,
supreme,
supernatural.
WE ARE THE SUPERNOVA.
WE ARE THE TOTAL FORM.
Intertwined
Activated
The 10,000 things.
Radiating
Dust of
vital breath
permanence.
–Ren Adams, 2011.
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I am a professional artist, writer, and teacher with over 20 years of experience in painting and sketchwork. Lately I've focused on Chinese brush painting, though I also do printmaking (lithography, monotype, relief), sketching, oil and acrylic painting, and other techniques. I have a degree in English (emphasis on poetry and creative writing) and am currently pursuing a BFA in Art Studio, with intent to pursue an MFA. I also teach through the University of New Mexico Continuing Education department. A lot of my work focuses on the interconnectedness of all things--and on the Tao, present in everything. Zowie! /end formal-sounding bio.
The union of male and female, earth and sky, nonbeing forming to create being. This is a brushwork sketch, small-scale, done in preparation for a larger painting / book. The poem is the core of the book.
Ren, this is beautiful.
–Aspiring Taoist