Archive for the ‘Federico Garcia Lorca’ Category

Two-Tailed Swallowtail Butterfly — Grunge Art   1 comment

Two-Tailed Swallowtail Butterflies-Edit-2-art-blog.jpgTwo-Tailed Swallowtail Butterfly — Grunge Art by kenne

Landscape Seen with the Nose

A cold tremor
burnt out of flesh by
the roosters
Drops a cloud on the prairie.
In the house
someone’s burning
The chaff.
The plows will come
with the down.

— Federico Garcia Lorca

The Guitar   3 comments

Guitar (1 of 1)-2 art blog-2“The Guitar” — Photo-Artistry by kenne

The Guitar

The weeping
of the guitar begins.
Wineglasses shatter
in the dead of night.
The weeping
of the guitar begins.
It’s useless
to hush it.
It’s impossible
to hush it.
It weeps on monotonously 
the way water weeps,
the way wind weeps
over the snowdrifts.
It’s impossible
to hush it.
It weeps for things
far, far away.
For the sand of the hot South
that begs for white camellias.
Weeps for arrows without targets,
an afternoon without a morning,
and for the first dead bird
upon the branch.
Oh, guitar!
Heart gravely wounded 
by five swords.

— Federico García Lorca

The Song of Water Is A Thing Eternal   Leave a comment

Water Lily Art blogWater Lily Blossom Photo-Artistry by kenne

And the song of water
is a thing eternal.

— from the poem “Morning” by Federico Garcia Lorca

Dead at Daybreak   Leave a comment

Green Mountain Trail Deadwood II blog“Age Has Character” — Images by kenne

Dead at Daybreak

Night of four moons
and a single tree
with a single shadow
and a single bird.

On my flesh, I seek the
imprint of your lips.
The jet of spray kisses the wind
without even touching it.

I bear the “No” you handed me
in the palm, if my hand
like a wax lemon
nearly white.

Night of four moons
and a single tree.
On the point of a needle
stands my love — whirling round!

— Federico Garcia Lorca

Sunset Over The Sea   2 comments

Sunset-1009 II_art blogSunset Over The Sea of Cortez (Puerto Peñasco, February 12, 2018) — Computer Art by kenne

The poem,
the song,
the picture,
is only water
drawn
from the well
of the people,
and it should
be given back
to them
in a cup
of beauty
so that they
may drink –
and in drinking
understand themselves.

— Federico Garcia Lorca

Cloudy Sunset at Puerto Peñasco — Peaceful Waters   2 comments

Sunset Panorama- blogCloudy Sunset at Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico (February 13, 2018) — Panorama Image by kenne

peaceful waters of the air
under echo’s branches

peaceful waters of a pool
under a bough laden with stars

peaceful waters of your mouth
under a forest of kisses 

— Federico García Lorca

 

Aria   Leave a comment

Aria-0964 II blogAria (Las Vegas) — Image by kenne

And if blue is an illusion,
what will become of innocence?
What will become of the heart
if Love has no arrows?

— from Autumn Song (November 1918) by Federico Garcia Lorca

 

 

Late Fall In Sabino Canyon   Leave a comment

D500 PhotosLate Fall In Sabino Canyon Near Sabino Creek — Image by kenne

“I know there is no straight road
No straight road in this world
Only a giant labyrinth
Of intersecting crossroads”

–Federico García Lorca

Chapel at Tlaquepaque   Leave a comment

Sedona Chapel (1 of 1) blogChapel at Tlaquepaque in Sedona, Arizona (June 14, 2016) — Image by kenne

The Chapel at Tlaquepaque is located in the Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village along the tree-lined Oak Creek. The chapel is designed after some Mexican haciendas that provided a private chapel for a visiting priests could offer mass and other services.

Five in the Afternoon

“A boy brought the white sheet
at five in the afternoon.
A frail of lime already prepared
at five in the afternoon.
The rest was death and death alone
at five in the afternoon.”

— Federico Garcia Lorca

 

The Sea Smiles   Leave a comment

Rocky Point“The Sea Smiles” — Computer Art by kenne

Seawater Ballard

The sea smiles
in the distance.
Teeth of  form,
lips of sky.

“What are you selling,
oh turbid girl,
with your breasts to the air?”

“I sell, sir, seawater.”

“What are you carrying,
oh black youth,
mixed with your blood?”

“I carry, sir, seawater.”

“Those salty tears:
where do they come from, mother?”

“I weep, sir, seawater.”

“My heart, and the grave
bitterness: where is it born?”

“How bitter, seawater!”

The sea smiles
in the distance.
Teeth of foam,
lips of sky.

— Federico García Lorca

Across The Sea   2 comments

Sea of Cortez Sunset (1 of 1) blogSunset Over the Sea of Cortez (January 28, 2016) — Image by kenne

The ocean is
the Lucifer of blue.
The sky fallen
for wanting to be light.

Poor ocean, damed
to endless movement,
who once stood still
in the firmament!

But love redeemed you
from your bitterness.
You bore pure Venus,
and your depths were virgin
and felt no pain.

— from “Ocean” by Federico Garcia Lorca

Children Of The Garden   Leave a comment

Patio Water Fountain (1 of 1)-3 art blogChildren of the Garden– Computer Painting by kenne

Landscape

By mistake the evening
had dressed in cold

Through the mist on the panes
all children
watch a yellow tree
change into birds.

Evening is stretched out
all down the river.
And the flush of an apple
shivers over tile roofs.

–Federico Garcia Lorca

Another Music Sunday — Danny Gatton   Leave a comment

Little known, except by musicians, Danny Gatton was a musician’s musician. He loved playing the telecaster, rebuilding antique cars, staying around the D.C. area and just being a shy “good-old boy.”

Danny Gatton has been described as possessing an extraordinary proficiency on his instrument, “a living treasury of American musical styles.” In 2009, John Previti, who played bass guitar with Danny for 18 years stated: “You know, when he played country music, it sounded like all he played was country music. When he played jazz, it sounded like that’s all he played, rockabilly, old rock and roll, soul music. You know, he called himself a Whitman sampler of music Legendary guitarist Steve Vai reckons Danny “comes closer than anyone else to being the best guitar player that ever lived.” Accomplished guitar veteran Albert Lee said of Gatton: “Here’s a guy who’s got it all.”

Gatton shot himself in his garage, October 4, 1994 at the young age of 59 — he left no explanation. All great artists seem to possess a spooky fatalism, a sense of the duende down deep in the soul.

The goblets
of the dawn break.
The crying of the guitar
starts.
No use to stop it.
It is impossible
to stop it.

— Federico Garcia Lorca

 

Desert Sunrise   2 comments

Sunrise On The trail (1 of 1)-3 blogDesert Sunrise — Image by kenne

Dawn

Bells of Córdoba

in the early hours.

Bells of dawn

in Granada.

They hear you,

all the girls who cry

for the tender Soleá in mourning.

The girls

of Audalusia the High

and the Low.

Young girls of Spain

with tiny feet

and trembling skirts

who’ve filled the crossroads

with lights.

On, bells of Córdoba

in the early hours,

and oh, bells of dawn

in Granada!

— Federico Garcia Lorca