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

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