The Silence of Stone

Hi Bruce, thank you for your extravagant kindness in taking the time not only to praise the works but also to acknowledge the relationship between them. I sincerely appreciate your interest and encouragement, old friend.

Re poem: THE SILENCE OF STONE the silence of remorse -- This is a Fine poem, Gina, as I've grown to expect from you but don't often enough take from my limited energy and time to write down. AND it is such an enhancing coupling with the exciting fabulous painting! I think too few artists understand that sort relationship, and I'm sure I'm way at the top of the violators' list! Too often, I think, one of them seems like walking a dog on a far-stretched and unappreciated leash, attempting to link the "walker's" own purposeful business on this maneuvering activity with that truly vital purpose of the restricted, dog -- perhaps even dragged, into the "Walker's" goal: to DEMONSTRATE a mutual, rather than only alternate one-way direction (perhaps even EITHER). Each of the two items stand strong when considered only for itself and presenting its own relationship to the whole world, rather than actually being diminished if considered only as how it relates to the other; explaining details; expressing a diverse view of the same object from a different direction, adding orand diminishing one or both of them; by providing additional VERY relevant information, such as physical background, setting, or author's biographical details, especially a current state of thought and emotion -- do such practices enhance the effect(s) of the other object rather than effectively distracting from them, or even merely diluting them?

This is a great piece! I love the bold lines and colors. V/F/PIF.

Wonderful work, Gina F&V