Month: June 2015

Love is a word, the brain – a metal box II

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Miłość jest słowem, mózg – metalową skrzynką
(Eng. Love is a word, the brain – a metal box)

self-portrait
(March 6, 2015)
TX, US

inspired by poetry by H. Poświatowska (excerpt)

Polish text Copyright 1989 Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków, Poland
Halina Poświatowska, Polish, d. 11 oct 1967.
translation by Marek Lugowski
twice22.org/HalinaFAQ/

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miłość jest słowem
mózg – metalową skrzynką
nakręcaną codziennie
srebrnym kluczem ułudy

ciekawości by wiedzieć
pragnienia aby znać
pożądania aby błyszczeć
uporu aby istnieć

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love is a word
the brain – a metal box
wound up daily
with a silver key of delusion

a curiosity for knowing
a desire for sensing
a lust for shining
a stubbornness for being

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And I will send the scent to you, the scent of these nights II

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A zapach ci poślę, zapach tych nocy
(Eng. And I will send the scent to you, the scent of these nights)

self-portrait
(February, 2015)
TX, US

inspired by poetry by H. Poświatowska (excerpt)

Polish text Copyright 1989 Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków, Poland
Halina Poświatowska, Polish, d. 11 oct 1967.
translation by Marek Lugowski
twice22.org/HalinaFAQ/

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A zapach ci poślę, zapach tych nocy, które rozcięte przemi-
jają pomiędzy nami, jak pomiędzy dwoma brzegami mija rzeka.

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And I will send the scent to you, the scent of these nights,
which sliced open pass between us like a river passes between two banks.

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A lifetime prisoner sentenced to solitude and an unimportant death

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Więzień dożywotni na samotność skazany i na nieważną śmierć
(Eng. A lifetime prisoner sentenced to solitude and an unimportant death)

self-portrait
(June 7, 2015)
TX, US

inspired by poetry by H. Poświatowska (excerpt)

Polish text Copyright 1989 Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków, Poland
Halina Poświatowska, Polish, d. 11 oct 1967.
translation by Marek Lugowski
twice22.org/HalinaFAQ/

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I wreszcie jest serce prawdziwe
jak słowo, w którym je zamknięto
– więzień dożywotni na samotność skazany
i na nieważną śmierć.

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And finally the heart is true
like the word in which it was locked
– a lifetime prisoner sentenced to solitude
and an unimportant death.

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The kerchief was of silk, the hook in a solid wall

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Chustka była z jedwabiu, w mocnej ścianie hak
(Eng. The kerchief was of silk, the hook in a solid wall)

self-portrait
(December, 2014)
TX, US

inspired by the poem “Yesenin’s Death” by H. Poświatowska (excerpt)

Polish text Copyright 1989 Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków, Poland
Halina Poświatowska, Polish, d. 11 oct 1967.
translation by Marek Lugowski
twice22.org/HalinaFAQ/

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chustka była z jedwabiu
więc miękka
w mocnej ścianie hak
ze znaku zapytania
w wykrzyknik stężał

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the kerchief was of silk
thus soft
the hook in a solid wall
out of a question mark
it froze to an exclamation point

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(à la Vivian Maier)

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self-portrait
(May 25, 2015)
Location: Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX

That was a glorious Memorial Day Concert!
I took this photograph after when
finally the door of the elevator
stopped opening and closing.
I had a good time playing with
all the reflections, geometry and symmetry.

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http://www.vivianmaier.com