Tagged: Mission BC writer
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tao te ching says
it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want
what then happens to
the crack in the cup..
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Lost
There is a light
Or two possibly
Only in darkness
Down, up
North, south
A cavern in the canvas
Is still not enough
Artists’ Reception
“A Bond of Nature and Art an exhibition by Mother & Son” Artists’ Reception at the Mission Art Gallery by Artists Jackie Blair McSween and Murdoch McSween
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- Artist’s Reception Saturday March 2, 2013 between 1-4pm
My first exhibition! Or should I say our first exhibition, since this was a joint exhibition of my 13 year old son and I. I am a short on words as it has been and continues to be a very emotional experience for me. Somehow hanging ones art for public display is a little like baring ones soul. I am hoping I will be able to express everything little clearer as time goes on. In the meantime, we did sell two paintings ! I am thankful to my children and family who helped out a great deal with making this possible and to everyone who came out to the reception. The MAC gallery staff and volunteers have been just amazing and I would like to thank all of them.The exhibition is in the gallery for three weeks. I hope I will be able to share more over the next little while as the emotions settle.
Jackie
On The Edge
Acrylic and Water Soluble Oil on Canvas 30x24in
by Jackie Blair (McSween)
Effulgence
Looking out my front window
Where Mount Baker shines
through oversized homes
A marriage is ending
Locks are changed.
This virile world
Is getting locked out.
Birth
mixed media on canvas 23x48in
by Jackie Blair (McSween)
Alteration
It happened as I folded your laundry
I glanced out my south eastern window
Where Mount Baker use to shine
A row of oversized houses is out my window now
I see the back end of them
I hear the birds outside my office window
Along with the humming of the washing machine
The computer and camera won’t process my latest painting
The ever-changing pigment is too strong
Opinion
I thought removing judgement would be enough
As the onion peels opinion must go too
My force field is up
I am an observer
And what I see
I don’t like
This New World
Like a baby
I learned to walk
And talk and eat
Without expectation and judgement
This New World, this 12/12/22
Like a baby
I will learn to walk
And talk and eat
I will accept and fly
Communicate
And slip through walls
I will know and trust
In Only Myself.
Sahasrara
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Before I depart
You will have what you need
Irrelevant is hatred and fame
As is judgement and gold
Greatness in the Vastness -
There will be None
This manufactured cesspool
Is churning into stagnation
So, before I arrive
You will have what you need -
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Jackie Blair McSween
