Astonishing Light (eBook)

Conversations I Never Had with Patrocino Barela

E.A. Mares (Autor)

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2022
72 Seiten
University of New Mexico Press (Verlag)
978-0-8263-4965-1 (ISBN)

Infos

E. A. Mares never crossed paths with the great New Mexico sculptor Patrocio Barela, but the conversations he imagines with this gifted Taos artist (c. 19001964) are uncannily vivid and persuasive. Readers of Maress play about Padre Martnez, another historic Taoseo, know that Mares was able to channel spirits. The poet and the ghost of the sculptor, conversing like two old men at the Geronimo Lounge, find much in common. For readers unfamiliar with Barelas art, photographer Miguel Gandert and artist Frank McCulloch have contributed illustrations to bring his magnificent expressionist carvings to life. So we begin, all languages being equal. The language of dreams, the sinuous curves in the language of curved wood. The language of desire, of music, of words moist with love. . . . So we start with the wood, Patrocio, or the word. Our raw materials here, in your workshop, where the pot-bellied stove keeps out the dark and cold of winter. Music, of words moist with love.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• ISBN-10: 0-8263-4965-X / 082634965X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-4965-1 / 9780826349651