When a little girl saw Rodin's Thinker
she got quite worried about it
asked so many questions
why does he keep his hand on his forehead
will he ever be able to remove it from there
how will he walk with that hand on the forehead
does he have a temperature
why has Rodin done this to him
who is Rodin when will he sculpt again
and what are they both thinking about
poem by Miroslava Odalovic
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When bow... [Când îmi plec...]
When bow my forehead on my hand
My vagrant thought escapes from here
And think you're under my command,
For I'm your mistress, O, my dear!
And also think, like in the past,
That you adore me with your eye
And with a heart sad and harassed
You long for me and deeply sigh.
Then lots of things in sky confined
Or in the stories meant to be
Pass quickly through my crazy mind
Because I deem you're loving me.
But then I jerk and from my hand
I lift my forehead tough and grave
And waking up I understand
I'm not a mistress, but a slave.
poem by Veronica Micle, translated by Octavian Cocoş
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Rodin’s, ‘The Thinker- Poet’
Auguste Rodin’s bronze-man sits,
(A muscled-body, nude to core) ,
In stooping posture, chin on fist,
Neck-flexed, a worried, smile-less face,
- Reflecting mind in thoughts, all deep.
The sculptor’s impeccable craft
Is evident in all details:
A haunting depth of vision cast,
Precisely –made contours and lines,
Revealing skill par excellence.
An example to art-lovers;
A master-piece that’s almost live;
A glorious work that’s immortal;
A metal fashioned so real-
Inviting crowds that never cease!
Who was the Thinker, Rodin made?
-Plato, Brando, Nietzsche or else?
Undeciphered, it yet remains;
A dejected, French lad’s effort,
That brought him luck in later times,
To build monuments of import.
The haunted mind of poor Rodin,
Thus resurrected sculpting art,
That almost dead lay, at that time,
Inspiring artists of new class,
That saw sculpturing techniques great.
Perhaps, the Thinker was Dante,
In front of Hell’s Gates pondering-
A naked man, upon a rock,
His mind engrossed in vivid dreams,
Creating poetry superb.
The Thinker was a Poet then!
A Poet’s mind must think a lot;
Imagining things those never seen;
A mind inspired from within,
Triggered by Nature’s glorious forms.
Copyright by Dr John Celes 4-18-2008
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I invent nothing, I rediscover.
quote by Auguste Rodin
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Nobody does good to man with impunity.
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Nobody does good to men with impunity.
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Darned socks inside polished shoes
My daydream is to walk one day
hand-in-hand with a lover
on a lonely beach.
But I am scared
if she ask me to remove the shoes
for convenience.
to the lovers who go hand-in-hand.
poem by Nimal Dunuhinga
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To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.
quote by Auguste Rodin
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Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.
quote by Auguste Rodin
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You see that it is not at all like Rodin... I share these only with you, don't show them.
quote by Camille Claudel
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Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
The Scratch
I woke up with a spot of blood
over my eye. A scratch
halfway across my forehead.
But I'm sleeping alone these days.
Why on earth would a man raise his hand
against himself, even in sleep?
It's this and similar questions
I'm trying to answer this morning.
As I study my face in the window.
poem by Raymond Clevie Carver
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I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
quote by Auguste Rodin
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Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
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True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.
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Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
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Enlightenment
enlightenment....
sweat...
...dr ipping
......from
........the
.......... forehead
of the old man cutting wood
for the single mother of three....
tears
...falling
....from
......the
.......eyes
of the young woman holding
the orphaned child close....
the sky lit up with 'enemy fire'....
the open hand
that
...does
.....not
...... .ask
.........questions!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight.
quote by Auguste Rodin
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Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.
quote by Camille Claudel
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I've helped people get rid of headaches by placing my hand on their forehead, and backaches by placing my hand on their back. It's a powerful example of love that really works.
quote by Shelley Long
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That Morning Walk....
in locomotion ideas unravel
as though
when the feet pedal something
in the forehead pops out
the two walk hand in hand
like friends
the mind on foot towards
an enlightened destination
on a boat of darkness
the sails move out to the open
meeting the light
awed we prostrate on the grounds
of our traditions
we kneel and rise and with open arms
embrace the newness of
each thing each idea like flashes of
the northern lights
in technicolor....
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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