2009, ISBN: 9780226349565

from â??Mount Fuji" A draughtsmanâ??s draughtsman, Hokusai at 70 thought heâ??d begun to grasp the structures of birds and beasts, insects and fish, of the way plants grow, hoped that by … More...

from â??Mount Fuji" A draughtsmanâ??s draughtsman, Hokusai at 70 thought heâ??d begun to grasp the structures of birds and beasts, insects and fish, of the way plants grow, hoped that by 90 heâ??d havepenetrated to their essential nature. And more, by 100, I will have reached the stagewhere every dot, every mark I make will bealive. You always loved that resolve, youâ??d repeat joyfullyâ??Hokusaiâ??s utterance of faith in workâ??s possibilities, its reward, that, at 130, heâ??d perhaps have learned to draw. Gail Mazurâ??s poems in Forbidden City build an engaging meditative structure upon the elements of mortality and art, eloquently contemplating the relationship of art and lifeâ??and the dynamic possibilities of each in combination. At the collectionâ??s heart is the poetâ??s long marriage to the artist Michael Mazur (1935â??2009). A fascinating range of tone infuses the bookâ??grieving, but clear-eyed rather than lugubrious, sometimes whimsical, even comical, and often exuberant. The note of pleasure, as in an old tradition enriched by transience, runs through the work, even in the final poem, â??Grief," where â??our ravenous hold on the world" is a powerful central element. | Forbidden City by Gail Mazur Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Poetry P10106, Gail Mazur<

2009, ISBN: 9780226349565

from “Mount Fuji" A draughtsman’s draughtsman, Hokusai at 70 thought he’d begun to grasp the structures of birds and beasts, insects and fish, of the way plants grow, hoped that by 90 he’… More...

from “Mount Fuji" A draughtsman’s draughtsman, Hokusai at 70 thought he’d begun to grasp the structures of birds and beasts, insects and fish, of the way plants grow, hoped that by 90 he’d havepenetrated to their essential nature. And more, by 100, I will have reached the stagewhere every dot, every mark I make will bealive. You always loved that resolve, you’d repeat joyfully—Hokusai’s utterance of faith in work’s possibilities, its reward, that, at 130, he’d perhaps have learned to draw. Gail Mazur’s poems in Forbidden City build an engaging meditative structure upon the elements of mortality and art, eloquently contemplating the relationship of art and life—and the dynamic possibilities of each in combination. At the collection’s heart is the poet’s long marriage to the artist Michael Mazur (1935–2009). A fascinating range of tone infuses the book—grieving, but clear-eyed rather than lugubrious, sometimes whimsical, even comical, and often exuberant. The note of pleasure, as in an old tradition enriched by transience, runs through the work, even in the final poem, “Grief," where “our ravenous hold on the world" is a powerful central element. | Forbidden City by Gail Mazur Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Poetry P10106, Gail Mazur<

2016, ISBN: 9780226349565

Buch, Softcover, [PU: University of Chicago Press], University of Chicago Press, 2016