At the Edge of the World
by RC DeWinter
Title
At the Edge of the World
Artist
RC DeWinter
Medium
Painting - Digital Oils-paintography-photopainting
Description
Copyright 2017 RC deWinter ~ All Rights Reserved
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It was one of those nights.
I felt myself flying apart,
had to break out of the box
before I splatted against the wall.
Better, I thought, to dissolve in
moonlight than end as an
impasto smudge on gray plaster.
And so I rode.
The wind flying in my face
reminded me I was still alive;
my legs pedaling kept me focused.
There was no plan, no sure destination,
just the desire to be whole, not a ragged
mess of mismatched molecules.
Time and distance became irrelevant.
When I became myself again
I was in a wood I didn't recognize,
tires crunching leaves fallen from autumn trees.
I kept on until there was no more
keeping on to do. The wood ended;
I was staring at the sky, and in that blue
ocean hung a ragged moon, weeping
the tears I carried but could not cry.
I propped the bike between two trees
and stood under that moon, silently
blessing Diana for taking the sorrow
I was unable to unburden, and after
some unclocked passage of time headed
back to my life, many memories lighter.
~ copyright 2017 RC deWinter
A bicycle sits between two trees on the edge of the world as the moon weeps on a surreal autumn night. Reimagined and painted in digital oils from an original photograph shot in Towson, Maryland, October 2017.
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Comments (26)
Hazel Holland
Wonderful capture and digital treatment, Gina! Love your poetry too that is so expressive and real! L/F
Susan Brown Slizys art signature name
Yes, I identify with this poem only on a horse , or ice skating, with the wind in my face. And the goddess Diana? I thought I was following you remedied that this AM. Susan Brown fac fav tw
Latha Gokuldas Panicker
Wow !!! What a beautiful composition and colors!!!! Love this ,dear Winter !!!! (F/L)
Randy Burns
Like you mentioned you have been in that starry swirl..so have I been on this bicycle. F/L!
Dagmar Helbig
It went right to my heart - your words and this special work. Impressive - touching! Fav
Dagmar Helbig
It went right to my heart, your words and your work - poetic- impressive- very touching. Wish you a great Sunday. Fav
Bunny Clarke
I love this beautiful painting, but your poem is the star. You use your descriptions so well they are breathtaking. You really must publish. :o)
RC DeWinter replied:
:-) Love your encouragement, Bunny, thanks. If you know any angels who want to invest in an art-cum-poetry coffeetable book send them my way. Or tell the New Yorker, the Atlantic, Poetry Magazine et al they're missing out. :-)
Meg Shearer
This is fascinating. The style makes it look like the bike is dissolving as it rests between the trees, or maybe it's still going so fast it's a blur, and it might be about to fall off the edge! And it looks like the moon is melting! There's so much untold story in this image, like what happened to the rider? And then you told the story, and I love it! (I love the impasto smudge on gray plaster!) I love the escape and the speed and the weeping moon! And I love that it was a healing journey! I could go on and on, this is such engaging and exciting work! Beautiful and fascinating image and marvelous poem! As always, brilliant! : ) l/f!
RC DeWinter replied:
LOL, Meg, I love your enthusiasm. maybe you should read the poetry first...XOXOXO Thank you always
Nancy Kane Chapman
I am captured by the image and the prose....so desperate, so beautiful, the bike seems now safe between these strong and powerful trees...even though you had come to ...the edge. Which is depicted. Wow! F/L++
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