Monday, April 1, 2013

Between

Between Heaven and Hell by Jacek Yerka

Jacek Yerka was born in Toruń, Poland, in 1952. He was born into an artistic family with both his parents graduates from a local Fine Art Academy. His earliest memories were of paints, inks, paper, rubbers and brushes. As a child, Yerka loved to draw and make sculptures. He hated playing outside, and preferred to sit down with a pencil, creating and exploring his own world. This difference between the other children in his primary school led to social problems with his peers and Yerka describes his primary school life as being a "grey, sometimes horrifying reality". However, Yerka later became 'untouchable' in his high school due to his clever sketches of the school's worst bullies. For more on Jacek Yerka see Wiki.


Between

Real 
and imagined
Joy and Despair
There is this narrow world
Of things to hold on to.

Between

Dream
and nightmare
Heaven and Hell
A slice of life fleeting
The mundane comforts.

Between

Sanity
and insanity
A life lived
Within the limits of art
By pencil, paper and paint.

J. Binford-Bell
April 1, 2013



6 comments:

  1. Liked the poem and the pattern :) Very artistic explanation of the narrow way.

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  2. A narrow world...but wide as the universe too! What a thoughtful write Jacqui.

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  3. Nicely penned. I loved the brief history of the artist too!

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  4. I think you've captured the essence of Yerka's art perfectly. There are divergent themes playing out together very nicely.

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  5. Art is somewhere in between, isn't it? Stay on the narrow path...

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