Written for: Imaginary Gardens With Real Toads – Art FLASH!/55 in October
For this weekend’s art collaboration, I am introducing an illustrator in ink and purveyor of magic, McMonster, a perfect choice to set the tone for October.
McMonster has developed a unique style of painting with ink and has created a surreal world. As he describes it: Story telling with no narrative.
Take a look at this 1 minute clip, which encapsulates his process.
McMonster has kindly given permission for us to use the following piece for our poetic collaboration:
https://www.instagram.com/mc__monster/
In deepest night, white owls,
worshippers, and the moon
are the only entities seen.
Tonight, I am joined by a
lunette moon rowboat. I twine
my threads through air,
hoping for height, like web
of my spider friend. At least
I can be seen. City lights are
dim yellow spots in far off
people’s universe.
This is stunning!
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Thanks, Toni!
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Ah, this is divine! I love the different perspective.. far from other people’s worlds.
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Thanks, Kerry!
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It’s good to fly away from the yellow lights – that feels like magic
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If you get to close, there is no magic at all.
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Incredible close on this, Sara!! ❤️❤️
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Thanks so much, Sanaa!
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I LOVE how this poem opens. Wonderful!
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Thanks, Sherry!
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To be separated from the other world is wonderful I think…. some times we need separation.
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Absolutely!
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Nighttime can show us the most interesting sights. The trick is to find our place within it.
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Now that is something to think about.
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I really dug the darkness in this image from McMonster, and I was drawn in by your capture of it Sara.
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Thanks, Rob. It was a busy night out in the darkness.
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Your web woven through the air is still a mystery to me. We have them from a 20+ foot high light down to the earth, several up and down, up and down. I like the dark night also, here in Texas we add Venus, Moon’s companion light, to our list.
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A welcome addition.
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