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If you cannot be a poet, be a poem.

Posted on | October 1, 2005 | 14 Comments

Category: My Notebook, Poems

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14 Responses to “If you cannot be a poet, be a poem.”

  1. Steph.
    October 1st, 2005 @ 11:57 pm

    gorgeous! I love the colors. When you’re famous, will you cut me a great deal on some of this stuff?

    : )

  2. lizardek
    October 2nd, 2005 @ 4:05 am

    I would like to put a hammock up in the tree and swing sleepily under the stars.

  3. Jill
    October 2nd, 2005 @ 8:33 am

    Beautiful.

  4. allison paskett
    October 2nd, 2005 @ 10:46 am

    beautiful! it needs to be framed and hanging on a wall . . . maybe in a gallery.

  5. jan
    October 2nd, 2005 @ 11:27 am

    like the combination of image with paint – nice. like your ideas here – look forward to checking back. and thank you for the mention!

  6. Tine
    October 2nd, 2005 @ 2:59 pm

    Sooo beautiful!! Just AMAZING! You create poems with your paint, all we need to do is listen.
    You are such a talented poet, Christina!

  7. carla
    October 2nd, 2005 @ 9:04 pm

    This took my breath away when I opened your page! I felt as if I were breathing in the cold air and all the stars in the sky. I love how you mix images in a magically realistic way…after all, why couldn’t a tree grow from a building and reach the sky? I love the circular motion you created…looks like a gel that’s picking up some reflections. There are just so many cool movements and shapes here. It’s beautiful and vibrant, Christina.

  8. kb
    October 2nd, 2005 @ 10:22 pm

    this is simply amazing

  9. irene
    October 3rd, 2005 @ 4:20 am

    it’s beautiful, really, beautiful.

  10. Cate
    October 3rd, 2005 @ 1:54 pm

    I love it. Love. Come live closer so I can buy your paintings, mmkay?

  11. samantha
    October 3rd, 2005 @ 10:23 pm

    So lovely! You are so immensely talented. Thanks for sharing your gift with us.

  12. Lucinda
    October 5th, 2005 @ 2:07 pm

    This is so beautiful. I really hope you’ll consider putting up an online gallery and selling some of your work. I covet it.

  13. andrea
    October 7th, 2005 @ 9:53 pm

    love this… beautiful and so alive.

  14. Someone
    June 28th, 2007 @ 3:02 pm

    The picture is unbelievable! It took my breath away! Especially the title – “If you cannot be a poet, be a poem”. It’s really beautiful…

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