Columns Galore. Pompeii, August of 2019
For RDP: Column
Columns
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Anima/Animus
Click on photos to enlarge. Explanations of the sculpture are given below the poem.
Anima/Animus
The sword of guilt is something I continually hone,
and in this I feel that I am surely not alone.
Guile and temper are not exclusively my sin,
for animus is something that we all carry within.
In the early nineteenth century, animus was used to mean “temper” and was typically used in a hostile sense. In 1923, it began being used as a term in Jungian psychology to describe the masculine side of women. The anima as the unconscious feminine side of a man. (Excerpts from Wikipedia)
The photos are of my mixed media sculpture entitled Anima/Animus. The detail in the second photo symbolizes the shattering of the male side of the ego by a feminine consciousness. The metal object in the glass case is a small replica of the instrument used to sever heads from bodies in sacrificial preHispanic temple ceremonies. The hammer shattering the glass is meant to symbolize the gentling effect of the feminine on the masculine.
Prompt words today are animus, guilt, guile, exclusive and alone.
Zinnias: FOTD, July 28, 2022
For CMMC, “L” at the End of a Word
Stroll
Doll
Bowl
Curl
2001-2022
Sundial
Cast a spell
Pool
Please click on photos to enlarge.
For Cee’s CMMC “L” at the End of a Word
Rebus
Zinnia for FOTD, July 27, 2022
Things I Make Use of Everyday for CFFC
Pencil
Chocolate!!!
Glasses
Cleaning Supplies
2012
Grooming aids
Vitamins/Health Aids
Pens
Shoes
2010
Dishwasher
But, to be fair, the root of all evil is also what feeds the artists who create so much beauty in the world.
The calendar
for CFFC
Election Year Blues
Election Year Blues
This is nuts!
No ands or buts.
Change is brewing,
voters stewing.
Economic crunch,
most of the bunch
Half-Baked choices,
crazy voices.
Urban jumble
about to crumble.
The Yellow Brick Road
Soon to erode.
A Dastardly Mash
of rich guys’ cash
Make Rocky Roads
of mother lodes.
Cool Britannia
wins the day
as the rest of Earth
Just melts away!
For dVerse Poets Ben & Jerry prompt. The italicized words above are all Ben & Jerry flavors and yes, I admit I sneaked in one non-B&J flavor as well!!! Plus, changed the rhyme scheme in the last stanza. I should run for public office, changing the rules like that!!!
Here are the flavor choices:
Change is Brewing – current
Half-Baked – created in 2000 -still going strong
Urban Bourbon – 2017 -still going strong
Coffee Coffee Buzzbuzzbuzz – current
Wavy Gravy – 1993 – 2001
Urban Jumble – 2000 -2001
Dastardly Mash – 1979 – 1991
Miz Jelena’s Sweet Potato Pie – 1992 – 1993
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – limited edition available July 18 to 25, 2008
Late Night Snack – 2010 – 2014
Imagine Whirled Peace – 2007 – 2013
Sugar Plum – 1989 – 1990
Cool Britannia – 1995 – 1998
Economic Crunch – only in 1987 during the stock market crash
This is Nuts 2001 – 2002
To see other posts that feature Ben & Jerry flavors, go HERE.
Night Terror
Night Terror
The circuits were all overcharged the night that one livewire
crossed another, triggering an electrical fire.
It was approximately midnight when I brutally awoke,
avulsed from bed and blanket by the acrid plumes of smoke.
Reeling from my dreamworld, plunged into reality,
Suffering from vertigo, I attempted to flee.
Gathered in my father’s arms, comforted by his grasping,
I was rushed into the cool night air, coughing, choking, gasping.
Our neighbors gathered all around to comfort and to gape—
to give thanks with our family for our safe escape.
Fire whistles shrilling their approaching welcome scream,
I was jerked awake once more from that childhood dream.
And even though I knew those terrors were all in my head,
I padded down the hallway into my parents’ bed.
Prompts today are livewire, approximately, brutal, avulse, overcharge and vertigo.
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