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'...of my choice.'

sorry. can't believe there's a character usuage limitation here at DA.
that's so 'ms-dos' heh. *shrug*

from my last chronicle at neosynthesis. the surreal chronicle.
i tried to come up with a particular layout or format for all my pieces in the surreal chron
something that would tie them all together.
it wasn’t perfect in my estimation,...but for some it seemed to work.
the painting in this piece is only my second oil painting ever. come on. look at it. it isn’t that hard
to believe! heh. i just took oils back up this past summer. just before i took watercolors up for the first
time. the last oil painting i did was over 25 years ago. needless to say i had to re-educate myself!
but, i decided to make it easy on myself as well,...and picked out something a bit abstract
the reference i used is/was a beautiful photo taken by my friend shawnkar (paraballein) that you can
here at resurgere.
yeah. i know. the chron was ‘surreal’, but the painting is abstract.
i know.
i know.
i said I KNOW!!
pft.
actually, it’s the poem in the piece that is the surreal element. it’s known as a calligramme,...whereas
letters of the poem are placed in a manner to create a shape. in this case, it’s ‘supposed’ to be a
heart within a teardrop.
yeah. not too good huh?
hey! it was tough!
anywaaaaaaaaay,...

for those who would like to read the rambling going on within the poem, here it is:

‘you’re standing there with the burden of love
hurting your heart so much you can actually
hear the cracking of your soul is like a flower
withering and there’s nothing but nothing and
yet there’s still the love and you continue to
show it whether it’s beautiful or ugly because
it’s real it’s the truth learning to be invisible
wasn’t enough to save you from the silhouette
against the moon a curtain blowing in the
cold breeze i could not find myself in you the
dreams and the nightmares turned out to
be one and the same bathing in the remains
i made a promise to a ghost and decided to
drown in the weapon of my choice.’

alright then.
that’s all the spam i have for you today!
heh.
probably won’t leave these up too long,...so,...
if you’re gonna flame me over them ya better hurry!!!

;)
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Riku-Aelitonnes's avatar
The painting may be abstract, but I can still see something that looks like flowers in it. There's three. I wonder, was that purposeful? It very pretty.

The poem has a sort of before-and-after feel, where sentences connect though don't neccicarily have to do with the same thing other then that one word. I like it. And yes, it does look like a teardrop and a heart. I could tell it was so before you even said.

Why is this in the scraps?