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Sand Shapes

5/14/2019

 
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This is a sketch I made on the end of the spit.
I've recently returned from Homer with 19 students, two co-teachers (Dick and Joe), some committed parent volunteers, and two poems.
Wabi Sabi Tanka

Living relic scraped
Its oft told myths on bark scrolls. 
Pointed, unpleasant
places exposed, ugly and
Whole disfigurement. Superb.
Sand Shapes

Less definite, less rigid, less certain, lest
We forget what love is and how to begin again.
At each tide, the sand concaves and convexes
into feathers too heavy for flight. 

Sand shapes itself into mountain ranges,
River basins, and pools that vein new life into the sun. 
I am beholden to the promise of a new day, a new wave. 
I have stamped these sand shapes, here. 

Loneliness is improbable as grains reverberate
You back to me, back to you, back to me. 
The sand shapes then swirl into the belly of a wave. 
I whisper, "You're sublime, everything is sublime."

Meekly reverential, I swell and the ocean takes residence
​In my marrow, and I am sand shapes and weightless. 

Painting

5/6/2019

 
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​Over the last few years my creativity has tugged me into the world of painting. I first became smitten with acrylics and worked on canvas for about a year. Then last fall I decided to pursue an art degree and took my first semester-long watercolor class. Now I have finished my second semester. I'm witness to poetry, sculpture, and painting braiding an interesting story. Next, I'm taking some digital photography classes. Ideas are in process here. 

“A painting is never finished - 
​it simply stops in interesting places.”
― Paul Gardner

Mindietta Vogel on Behance

Hi there! My name is Mindietta. Among many other roles I am an artist, poet, and I get to be a 6-12 grade English teacher. As for hobbies and interests, I have been writing and playing with photography for years, publishing it on a fun blog at www.alaskagoodlife.com.

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