Other Etchings I
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'Cosmic Flow'
sepia. 12" X 8". aquatint. sugarlift. copperplate.
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'Ressurection Fallen Tree'. Royal National Park. Sydney .
B&W.15cm X 22cm. aquatint. sugarlift. copperplate.
Although this tree has fallen I was struck by the many branches springing up to the sky.
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ZEUS
I sometimes envy the family cordiality of the Anglo - American middle classes
when I compare it to the psychological upheavals of my Grecian family history
Which nevertheless goes back to the beginning of time
To the time when Prometheus stole fire for humanity
To the time when chaos was replaced by the universal order of the gods
Who fight and debate amongst themselves
shifting the fates of both men and women
according to their whims
according to their lusts
according to their jealousies
according to their drunken states
States of mind
States of body
States of soul
and other Aristotelian dichotomies
(tri-chotemies?)
States of divine judgement
States of human error which do not guess correctly the divine moods
To the moods of my father who has the temper of a thunder god
I understand now he is none other than Zeus
I his son
The son of Zeus
Doomed to deal with a god who has the gruffness of a Spartan warrior
(How I envy the apparent civil manners of Anglo-Australian society)
Hey there’s Zeus studying the racing form guide
with the discipline of a university academic studying the
mysteries of quantum mechanics
Hey there’s Zeus picking oranges and lemons from the backyard
Hey there’s Zeus taking out the garbage
Hey there’s Zeus shouting at everyone in sight
Hey there’s Zeus at his dinner table singing old distant folk songs from the village
Hey there’s Zeus on his knees exhorting against the injustices he sees
Hey there’s Zeus who feeds my mother whose body has totally been worn down by disease and by the hours of hard work and emotional pain inflicted upon her over the long years
Hey there’s Zeus watching the footie
Watching the share
market
Watching the parliament
debate
Watching endless episodes of American sitcoms
Watching John Wayne kill all those bad men
from out of town
Watching his grandchildren who play in the backyard created from the life force of his soul which contains enough energy to explode and tear apart the known universe from the suburbs of Sydney through to Circular Quay
It is a mystery to me
as I play with my sister’s twin three year olds
My nephew
My niece
on the swings
(There I am pushing them to and fro in time with the rhythm of the universe)
to think of the push and shove and determination of my father who had his family working for twenty years in the milk bar
I’m still on the swing with my nephew and niece
We are all three silent enjoying the midday sun
In a paradise made from harsh toil
Yes it is still a strange realization to me that from the endurance tests foisted upon us by life can sometimes come such tranquillity
Nicholas Nicola.
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DETAILS
'Zeus'
B&W. 8" x 6" aquatint. sugarlift. copperplate.
(In memory of my father also known as 'Speedie.' Andreas Nicola 15/3/27 - 20/2/2013).
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RESSURECTION SERIES etching notes/musings.
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