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fruit for thought…

Posted on May 26, 2013 by lkthayer

“fruit on the streets of London”

Caught my eye & snapped by Mitch Hicks

“To be able to make decisions and see them come to fruition and feel the excitement around them, what it generates within the company, how the artists get motivated – that’s the most rewarding part; feeling I can be a catalyst for an artistic experience for our artists and for the public.”

– Karen Kain

“Binley Wood” by Mitch Hicks

Posted on May 21, 2013 by lkthayer

“When I fall from grace
let it be with bluebells in my face”

Snaps & quote by Mitch Hicks

Artist Dayne Britton ~ Stark Raving Genius

Posted on January 31, 2013 by lkthayer

A young artist I predict will become a hero in the art world…

More info : https://www.facebook.com/StarkRavingGenius

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S3Z0amaY0U

Snapped at The Buszy by Mitch Hicks

“Smarties” by Mitch Hicks

Posted on January 9, 2013 by lkthayer

Snapped in The Black Horse ~ Woburn ~ by ~ Mitch Hicks

Enter The Black Horse

Warm inviting

Well heeled

Coffee please

Oh served with a glass of smarties

Logs burning

Sunday folks at rest

I leave this happy nest

Mitch Hicks, U.K.

Stephen John Kalinich

Posted on November 13, 2012 by lkthayer

OMENS OF FOREVER

Omens predictions

and exchanges

only sorrow sees its own face

in the image

in the mirror

ignites compassion

and sacred trust

We view but through

a dim lens

this vastness

the impeccable beauty

of a single rose

half in bloom

among thorns

grand eloquence shines

etched in each sharp deep cut

of blood freshly drawn

with quiet gestures

we hold on to transparent

fleeting clouds

until

the symphonic culminates

where the end is near

and we face our limitation

idle disconnected

grow jaded

while the quartets

the cellos

violins violas play

the final chords

while poets quote phrases

that do not really capture

what this living is

fragile existence

has had its evening

goes into forever stillness

and weeps

for questions

are never answered

and only wisdom

watches

rescinds its invitation

vacillates

between here

and far away

for death is always

here in everything

and the derelicts

need no words

disguised

a hand reaches

out to you

that you do not touch

goodbye

chills you

to the gut

kills you

vile circumstance

suffers long

why do we behold

for such a brief

glory

what

one may never find

a meaning

in the howl of the

vagabond

on Alameda

the call of the wild

gives up its soul

but not without

a might struggle

oh divine justice

to be a part

of the madness

and the triumph

to transcend physicality

to go quickly into

the eternal without fear

or hesitation

holding the last fragments

of this sweet journey

in a grace

we never quite understand

I want to blend into it

become a part of the tapestry.

Stephen John Kalinich

Photo by L.K. Thayer

“death is no bluff…but just another trick to learn” by Mitch Hicks

Posted on October 31, 2012 by lkthayer

Snapped thru the art gallery window in the very windy town of Bluff by Mitch Hicks. I did not see the name of the artist of this dark forboding painting. I dedicate this poem to the late Shirley Ballard who passed away this week and much loved by Lisa Thayer