My Normal Abnormalities July 15, 2008
by Maria R. Palacios
copyright 2007
The normal in me can tell you
about distracted bones
that refused to learn
about motion,
about fingers that speak
a language of tangible deviations
and feet that fell asleep
before their time.
The normal in me
is the underexposed flesh
half shown to you
as you explore my imperfections
pretending that your hands are deaf
to the whisper of my scars.
My normality
has been redecorated
as an unusual
biological masterpiece,
a human canvas
displayed in front of you
the artist who values
the rare
the sensual
the woman.
A Gift From The Past February 10, 2008
10 years later.
As the thought of cleaning things up from the past crossed your mind, the painting on the wall crossed your eyes
And made you wonder
Why was it so unclear, when he gave it to you,
An interpretation of this abstract piece of art.
Now after your wounds are healed and after appreciating it for many years,
You find a peculiar comfort in it.
You don’t know whether your interpretation of it was his actual and conscious muse,
But that piece of art goes hand in hand with the story of you two.
If he never realized the story, it is still comforting for you how in the very deep of his heart he felt the story all along.
Then as the thought of cleaning up things from your past crossed your mind, you understood how the bloody spot,
the cloudy story,
the touch of the beast,
the weak woman and
the obscure open door,
were his guilt screaming a way out.
Art in Action August 1, 2007
I have been wondering around and taking pictures of street art around SF and I found some pretty cool stuff. Some of it was in this Mission Distric alley and the others were done on scaffolding that will be removed eventually. I though it was too good to not capture it before is taken down.
Click on the photo and view the slide show on Flickr.
Enjoy!
