EKPHRASIS
meaning the concise, poetic description of a work of art.
A young Woman sleeping
(Hendrickje Stoffels)
about 1654 Drawing
Rembrandt van Rijn
A
Young Woman Sleeping
She sleeps like a tangerine,
But after peeling off her nudity,
Someone says
He touches another you.
She is beautiful like an idea’s shade
Has no weight, like the breath
In the falling silence and sought
Each in the other, ease.
With the tip of the brush
and a few broad strokes,
Between the sea of light and shadow
She is the only land.
The Night Watch.
The Three Trees.
“No“
In the crowded pavilion,
I heard him saying,
“When I paint with love
Please look at me
through the heartbeat of mine.”