Another picture in the doodle book I have used for inspiration shows a page full of blank faces to be drawn in. Only the first one is done and it shows an old man.
I have combined this with an experimental technique using a random section from the huge collection of picture prompts that I use in class.
The poem is called His Masks
he closes his eyes and remembers
all the masks he wore
when he was younger
he was an artist
.........................putting truth on canvas
.........................icebergs to sink complacency
he was a dancer
.........................plucking joy from motion
.........................and motion from joy
he was a musician
.........................trimming the shape of the world
.........................into topiaries of sound
he was a lover
.........................with the wildness of his youth
.........................and then the warmth of his age
he opens his eyes and he wonders
what mask he wears now,
perhaps an anticipatory
death mask
France’s New Dictionary.
5 hours ago
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