keeping watch for dragons #2 – house dragon
You have to keep your eyes open to see what humans down the ages have seen. The trick is to be awake to the metaphor. And to cheerfully allow confusion of reality and myth.
Although I have seen many dragonflies, I have never seen a dragon. Or have I …?
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House Dragon
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a dragon disguises
herself as our house
icicles drool from her eaves
smoke from her chimney
her scales age grey
and her nostrils
breath us
in
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© Jane Tims 1998
detail of 'stone marking property' Copyright Jane Tims 2012
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I love this, Jane. It’s beautiful. And I especially love the idea of ” cheerfully allow confusion of reality and myth.” 🙂
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Robin
March 25, 2012 at 6:50 pm
Thanks, Robin.
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jane tims
March 26, 2012 at 7:07 am
Love it! I love how you’ve found uncommon images in common subjects. That;s what I like to do with weeds! The imagination is a powerful source. Kudos.
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weedimageoftheday
March 23, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Hi. Thanks! I have been inspired by plants since I first saw a time-lapse film of their movements through the day. I know there is more to ‘see’ than our eyes can register! Jane
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jane tims
March 24, 2012 at 7:26 am
Hmmm… Will be looking at “houses” a little more carefully from now on! I call tractor-trailer trucks dinosaurs because they are so huge and terrifying to me when I’m driving…
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Barbara Rodgers
March 21, 2012 at 10:51 am
Hi. Trucks and trains, even some cars, will now join my possible dragon subjects! Jane
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jane tims
March 22, 2012 at 7:34 am
I like the line, ” cheerfully allow confusion of reality and myth.” I love the way you’ve reimagined your home as a dragon. The stone that marks your property, does it really have a dragon carved into it?
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Carol Steel
March 21, 2012 at 8:12 am
Hi Carol. The drawing is part of a larger drawing about runestones in Scandanavia. This particular drawing illustrates a poem I did on a property marker in Sweden. Have a look at the post under the category ‘carvings in stone’ for October 8, 2011. Thanks for liking my post! Jane
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jane tims
March 22, 2012 at 7:33 am