With Musical Notations by Andrew Maxfield
Charcoal on Staff Paper — 8.75” x 12.5” (Framed: 18” x 24”)
Artist Statement:
Drawing from Octavio Paz's poem "Wind, Water, Stone," this piece explores the cyclical relationship between these elemental forces. The figures personify the poem's themes of transformation and interconnectedness. Their dynamic gestures and flowing rhythms suggest the constant movement and interaction of wind, water, and stone, each shaping and being shaped by the others. Aiming to visualize the poem's core, the piece depicts nature's perpetual dance of transformation.
With Musical Notations by Andrew Maxfield
Charcoal on Staff Paper — 8.75” x 12.5” (Framed: 18” x 24”)
Artist Statement:
Drawing from Octavio Paz's poem "Wind, Water, Stone," this piece explores the cyclical relationship between these elemental forces. The figures personify the poem's themes of transformation and interconnectedness. Their dynamic gestures and flowing rhythms suggest the constant movement and interaction of wind, water, and stone, each shaping and being shaped by the others. Aiming to visualize the poem's core, the piece depicts nature's perpetual dance of transformation.
Wind, Water, Stone (Octavio Paz)
Water hollows stone,
wind scatters water,
stone stops the wind.
Water, wind, stone.
Wind carves stone,
stone’s a cup of water,
water escapes and is wind.
Stone, wind, water.
Wind sings in its whirling,
water murmurs going by,
unmoving stone keeps still.
Wind, water, stone.
Each is another and no other:
crossing and vanishing
through their empty names:
water, stone, wind.
