Mental Block...i think...

Banjohead · 02-18-2006, 12:24 AM

I dont know if you would call it a mental block or an artistic block...but Im stuck in a rut anyway!!! Iv got to do a caligraphy painting based on this extract of this poem: Questions of Travel by Elizabeth Bishop.....I personally dont like this poem of hers+am struggling 2 come up with any good ideas 2 do my painting on>>>>

"Think of the long trip home
Should we have stayed at home and thought of here?
Where should we be today?Is it right to be watching strangers at play
In this strangest of theatres?
What childish is it that while theres a breath of life in our bodies,
We are determined to rush to see the sun the other way around?
The tiniest green hummingbird in the world?
To stare at some inexplicable old stonework,
Inexplicable and impenetrable, at any view,
Instantly seen and always, always delightful."

>Id love if any1s got any ideas 4 me-im really pushed for time on this piece so i dont have time to do out a few different ideas! (P.S.-Keep in mind that i have 2 include soon of the poem in the final piece)
...Thanks in advance....

Timeé · 02-18-2006, 01:29 PM

paint the sun (bright) from the inside of a cloud. It portrays travelling and stuff. Give the slight aura that the sun is 3-dimensional as well.. involves the curiosity and interest.

Just an idear

02-18-2006, 12:24 AM	#1
Banjohead Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Near Damien Rice-IRELAND Posts: 182	Mental Block...i think... I dont know if you would call it a mental block or an artistic block...but Im stuck in a rut anyway!!! Iv got to do a caligraphy painting based on this extract of this poem: Questions of Travel by Elizabeth Bishop.....I personally dont like this poem of hers+am struggling 2 come up with any good ideas 2 do my painting on>>>> "Think of the long trip home Should we have stayed at home and thought of here? Where should we be today?Is it right to be watching strangers at play In this strangest of theatres? What childish is it that while theres a breath of life in our bodies, We are determined to rush to see the sun the other way around? The tiniest green hummingbird in the world? To stare at some inexplicable old stonework, Inexplicable and impenetrable, at any view, Instantly seen and always, always delightful." >Id love if any1s got any ideas 4 me-im really pushed for time on this piece so i dont have time to do out a few different ideas! (P.S.-Keep in mind that i have 2 include soon of the poem in the final piece) ...Thanks in advance.... __________________ Rosie

02-18-2006, 01:29 PM	#2
Timeé Intello Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Co. Donegal, Ireland. Posts: 2,435	paint the sun (bright) from the inside of a cloud. It portrays travelling and stuff. Give the slight aura that the sun is 3-dimensional as well.. involves the curiosity and interest. Just an idear __________________ Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did Got what I paid for now See ya tomorrow, hey Frank can I borrow A couple of bucks from you?