I'm beginning a series of self-portraits. Also trying for a deeper metaphoric and symbolic meaning in my work. Some of this will be done through the use of poetry, sometimes the text of the poems will be included in the finished works.

This poem was written to accompany my most recent drawing, "Black Butterfly" completed July 20th, 2008. The text of the poem was incorporated into the drawing.


"Black Butterfly"


Bemusing muse

Black butterfly

Came through the ether

Mystical wings

Encircled me along the way

Enraptured on a summer day

Music painted on the sky

Black butterfly



Blown in from far off dust

Astral soul

Dressed in stardust

Black butterfly

Draw me perfect

Emergent from this coal black shell

Wet wings spread in joy to stand

Transformed

Flawless at the artist's hand



Evanescent passion lies

In our wavelengths intertwined

Black butterfly

Never caught

Light gently in the mind

Bring luminous thought


(c) Alice McMahon White 2008