eight days – inuksuk
Recently I was able to take eight days and visit some of my family in Ontario. While I was there, I spent some time drawing and writing. In the next few posts, I will show you some of these drawings and the poems I wrote to accompany them.
The first concerns a small statuette of an inuksuk, carved in northern Canada by an artist who created a gentle, thoughtful tribute to this traditional form.
For more information on the inuksuk, see my post for November 18, 2011, ‘monuments in stone’, under the category ‘the rock project’.
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inuksuk
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soapstone smoothed
and sculpted, carved
by a hand, skilled as ocean
salt-polish and sand
corners discovered
and shadows
edge of stone and surfaces
between solid and liquid
solid and air
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© Jane Tims 2012
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Hi Jane, Beautiful and interesting, as always. How wonderful that you had those eight days. Ellen
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Ellen Grace Olinger
January 23, 2012 at 3:47 pm
Hi. Yes, it was a memorable time. I was so sad to leave. Jane
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jane tims
January 24, 2012 at 7:17 am
The flowing lines of soapstone offer beauty and something more than what is on the surface of a sculpture. Your poem captures this inner / outer dynamic of grace and balance.
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Carol Steel
January 23, 2012 at 8:37 am
Thanks, Carol!
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jane tims
January 24, 2012 at 7:16 am