Flame Orb by Deborah Glessner
smoldering in the fire of life,
my heart has revolted against
the sensible steps of society,
stipulated of, obsessed with time,
and thus my identity twists itself
into patterns, of pain and flame,
to fuel my passion, to feel, and
understand to believe, that
circles do not complete themselves,
every single time, they can be
arcs broken apart, inverted,
dispersed into shards of pictograms,
of criss-cross lines, deluged in colors of
confusion, representative of straying
from the path, becoming one
with the ostentation of this orb of occurrences,
out of control, beyond my hands,
thrown into the arms of air to last,
as long as it lasts
.
This is linked with Imaginary Garden with real toads’ Artistic Interpretations with Margaret- Orbs.
Wow, I like all your work but this one really got to me tonight. Excellent imagery.
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It would be nice to not always have to worry about time without the effects of life being thrown out of control!
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I specially like this part: circles do not complete themselves ~ Food for thought HA ~
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…circles do not complete themselves…. very interesting. Repetition does not mean completeness…
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Lots of images and ideas in this. I am impressed with all you got from the orb!
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Circles do not complete themselves…
That is such a fundamental image to the whole piece.
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This reads like a lament of modernity–a time of fractured and dissembling coherence–who doesn’t struggle to feel or think wholly in the midst of it. In “Circles,” Emerson suggested that our growth was one of continually larger circles encompassing the previous. But that may be a developmental fantasy of the 19th century, where in ours the circle is just too damn big to be overwrit by another. Hearts are like this, too … Nice write.
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I think us completed circles is a great metaphor.. The circle in itself so strong.. The arcs becoming images of strength.
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i like that the circles dont have to complete themselves and can be broken arcs or…out of control, finding their own way beyond what we expect of them….
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Lovely! The images this conjures up in my mind… ❤
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I, too, was most struck by “circles do not complete themselves”…it makes me think……..
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I like the possibilities of your view of orb, openness to explore and experience all…
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… ‘sensible steps of society’ ~~ revolt is inevitable, isn’t it. Love this!!
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i honestly like it when there are things that we cannot control… and often they find their own way… in the most surprising way
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I love this portion:
“circles do not complete themselves,
every single time, they can be
arcs broken apart, inverted,
dispersed into shards of pictograms,”
Well done.
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Lovely. Thank you.
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Very nice anmol
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