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emptyorchestra — A Small One Thrown Back
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Published: 2009-03-05 16:23:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 1328; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 0
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Fishermen at BallyshannonNetted an infant last night
Along with the salmon.
An illegitimate spawning,
A small one thrown back
To the waters. But I'm sure
As she stood in the shallows
Ducking him tenderly
Till the frozen knobs of her wrists
Were dead as the gravel,
He was a minnow with hooks
Tearing her open.
She waded in under
The sign of the cross.
He was hauled in with the fish.
Now limbo will be
A cold glitter of souls
Through some far briny zone.
Even Christ's palms, unhealed,
Smart and cannot fish there.
- Seamus Heaney 'Limbo'
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Comments: 8
The woman in this piece is absolutely stunning. Her expression is the perfect, but almost unnameable emotion.
The poem is intriguing. I can definitely see the dialogue between the two.
(also I like the faceless idea, lol)
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Thank you ever so much. It's funny because i really wasn't very focused on the woman's face, perhaps why she worked. Hmm.
Thanks again! =]
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the female face is brilliant, and the baby is not that bad, but it still ruins it
again ... but here the picture has a way better part that makes the other seem bad
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The whole image is just kinda wrong. I think my absolute hatred throughout drawing it shows quite well! =]
If i hadn't sprayed it with fixative i would possibly make the kid faceless, or at least leave a trace. Dunno. Sake! Done now. Maybe make is a series of hatred with crappy faces.
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faceless ... good idea! any chance you'll execute it?
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I always find your artwork a delight and this is no exception. One of your best.
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