“ . . . the tragedy of man’s
destiny -- forever caught between birth and death --
aware
of the strange disparity between the great space of the
imagination
and the material human fate . . .
Rothko was aware his means
fell short of his vision . . . he exclaimed during
optimistic moments:
‘They
are not paintings.’ ” *
Optimistic moments naturally
balance Pessimistic ones
she readily admitted
her pessimism
and with a
snaggletoothed turn in her mouth curling
her lips discretely
maybe cruelly
she said pessimythic deliberately upping
the ante
he loved how it
tilted out from her lips
birthed in her mouth
1520, John Lennon’s Moanday, 8 12.
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Dore Ashton quote
from Mark Rothko: Works On Paper *
