Writing is fundamental to my daily creative practice. It takes many forms including stream of thought journal entries, long form prose and poetry. I use the text as a springboard for metaphorical engagements which inform material response, sculptural form, scale, or repetition in my artworks.
This space is dedicated to sharing my own poetic work alongside texts from authors I find inspiring.
Gaps
Dusk is filled with its own gifts.
Birds still their chatter,
swooping for insect suppers.
Low light softens edges, dancing into rooms
dappling surfaces.
The show is short-lived,
but always worth attending.
Timed well, I catch a handful,
play with shadows.
These moments , I give attention.
I strive to remain present,
maintaining compassion,
appreciating the ambiguity,
the unknowing, without reaching
for reassurance.
Oftener than not the
critical internal monologue begins.
I am learning to be still.
Allowing gaps to be gaps,
with no need for filling.
- Mhairi Wild
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