thesis.

Some of you have expressed interest in reading my thesis when it is complete. Well, now it is complete.




click here to read my thesis.



It is relatively short at 41 pages long.
The topic is an interpretation of a Francis Bacon painting.

theory from: early Christian Byzantium, St. John of Damascus, Martin Luther, Joseph Leo Koerner, GWF Hegel, Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, my own experience
fictional literature from: Oscar Wilde, Jorge Luis Borges
film stills from: The Battleship Potemkin (1929), Triumph of the Will (1935)
art from: Francis Bacon, Diego Velazquez, Albrecht Durer


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Works and Days.

Next post is next poetry lesson.

Until then.

Aesthetic Guidance Provided by "an item at once plural, yet referening a single item, to be worn around the sexed part of the body"

the dearest canvas pulled taut beneath the
weight and the gravity of my openness surges,
streaming strokes of rare color over peach
armor. Trembling,

enclosed in delicate ebony twist,
we erect the creation, installation vertical – no –
a declining angle – to enhance certain
touches vapid at first glimpse.

a signature, unrestricted to a crook and script
pierces the canvas with the aromatic ink (sweat and sex)
We step back to admire
the masterpiece.