Tuesday, March 28, 2006

LOOKING AT ELLSWORTH KELLY

I become aware of the shortcomings of my own eyes

The pale orange looks dirty - my vision dirties it

Floaters disturb the plains

The edges jump and shimmer because of my astigmatism

The yellow makes the sockets in my face ache

Writing becomes difficult to read

The eye cant stay still

Images of lights and windows are transposed on the colours

I look for faults - vertical brush strokes, the lapped corner of a canvas, a speck in the grain

One corner is red and one is green

There's pink dots in the black

Colours jump. Surfaces swirl with movement

The glance causes ripples and whirlpools. The stares causes a shift

Yellow and green slicks slip away. Diagonals appear

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