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Aha!



The urge,
the unquenchable thirst,
a strange malady,
the brain about to burst.

The force,
the powerful surge,
an option demanding attention,
the urge.



Aha!

To release the word,
to create in dimension
via keyboard or pen,
brush or tool, no apprehension.

Thus release the spark,
the idea, to written form
or to any measure of creativity,
art beyond the norm.



Aha!



But the spark takes various turns.
Cutters on a shelf catch the eye with ease
of one who wonders, " Hmmmmm,
what might M-C do with these?"

So cutters meet clay, then air to dry,
sponging to smooth; a trip by car
to end up in M-C's garage,
so she can wonder what they are.



"Abstract flowers, new cutters,"
reads the note, as M-C sees shapes
that somewhat resemble blobby people
but must be transformed to floral-scapes.

The shapes move onward,
accompanied by jars of underglaze
to the basecoater who covers them neatly
and returns to M-C's garage for the next phase.

Aha!




Not always by desire, but by necessity
does the "aha" come into play,
to create lovely fashion art for the lapel
from cutters, underglaze, skill and lowly clay.

But then,  the urge strikes again,
as words want to tell the story on a page,
and the products, fresh out of the kiln,
want to show themselves off on this stage!




Author notes

Option 19, the "aha!" moment.

(A sampling of the hundreds painted over the weekend!)

http://allpoetry.com/poem/4988457

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  • micha
    April 5

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    Oh, what a wonderful way to show your work and it is so lovely, you are very gifted both with words and with your artworks. Bless you...Aha! Indeed, Thank You!


    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      April 8
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      Thank you, mi, for your kind words.
      Just came across your message!

      Hope you stop in again
      on a page!!!

      M-C

  • A Ha! ...

    and what beautiful creations so nicely presented here with a lively commentary in poetical form to adorn it all! I can see where what you do would be so much fun and the rewards of art are unbounded and unmeasurable! Eh? ya gotta love it all ...

    j y

    p.s. as for finding what you mentioned in message, I dare say I'm lost!

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 27
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      Thank yoo, joy!!!

      It refers to "Whodunnit"---just posted.
      You could just put your name in as a character and
      I'll add you to the list!


  • Blushfulmoon silver member
    March 23

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    excellent~

    Excellent poem as always
    Love the paintings too
    Best of luck in the contest
    Hugs
    Susan~~~


    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 23
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      Thank you, Susan.
      It is so good to see you here!

      Love and hugs back at you!
      Take care!

      M-C


  • Maureen silver member
    March 21

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    Very nice!

    I enjoyed your poem and your unique, beautiful paintings!

    Best of Luck in this contest, M-C!

    Hugs,
    ♥ Maureen


  • jenelda silver member
    March 20

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    Very beautiful poem and graphics, you have a great talent for creative beautiful work.It's a credit to you.
    I love the colours.
    Jen


    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 20
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      Hi, Jen, good to see you!

      Thank you so much for your kind words,

      M-C


  • PerVirtuous
    March 19
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    This is delightful. I am enthralled by the multimedia events you make. Delightful. Keep it up.

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 19

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      Thank you!

      For me, the fun is in combining
      the graphic art with the word art.

      The visual is as intriguing to me
      as is the meaning alone.

      M-C


  • angelica silver member
    March 18

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    Dear M-C, the flowers on your plaques are beautiful and the colours are magnificent. You are so very talented my friend and I can see why you don't get enough sleep.
    When we get that AHA feeling we have to act on it otherwise it's gone..with me anyway..maybe it's CRAFT, usually if I'm writing a poem and I get into bed, a verse will come to me, but in a flash, it's gone..drats!I never can remember them again.
    Beautifully written and good luck in the voting.

    Love Joan

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 18
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      Right. poems fly away so easily
      when in that sleepy stage.
      However, each new part of
      Quest and Aisle came to life
      while I was falling asleep,
      the plot progressed and ready
      for details when fingers hit
      the keys. So, I determined,
      rhyming end words flit away,
      but plot events stay
      firmly entrenched
      when held temporarily
      in the sleepy brain!

      Love and hugs to you, dear Joan,

      M-C


  • MargaretG
    March 17

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    Clever work

    Thanks for the description of your work, both ceramic and poetic! The germ or seed of an idea grows in the mind and creates pressure until it is made tangible. These flowers turned out lovely, and I'm sure will be popular in stores. I like the blue ones.
    The poem is relatable too! Good luck!

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 17
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      Margaret, thank you for sharing your thoughts,
      which are always a most interesting extension
      of the work. glad the blue appealed to you.

      M-C


  • catz Moderators member
    March 16

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    Your art, both written and sculpted seem to vie for each others attention in this creative piece. Beauty made of lumps of clay and paint, and of words and mind flowing together.
    AHA!!

    Good luck in the contest

    Dee

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 16
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      Thank you, Dee, for your kind words.

      I have found that it's much more fun for me
      to combine drawings and other art forms
      with the words than just to create the
      words alone!

      Nice of you to stop in.

      M-C


  • Hinemoa silver member
    March 12

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    Aha! You are very creative M-C, the sculptures are lovely. I love your work.
    Hine


    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 13
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      Thank you so much, Hine.
      Art, sometimes of necessity,
      sometimes of desire!

      M-C


  • arafura gold member
    March 10
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    Lovely!

  • Beautiful work, my friend

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 10
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      Oh, thank you, Olivia!
      Not the depth and color
      as the lively florals you
      describe in your poems,
      but more durable
      made of clay!!

      M-C

  • Wow...you made all of those? You are full of creativity aren't you. Is there any form of art you don't do? I can relate to you because I see all kinds of ideas when I am out and about with mu mind spinning with ideas. Than I get home to put them into actin and aha!...Things go in a total different direction as if it had a mind of it's own! I love this!

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 10
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      Thank you, Troy.

      Made several hundred of these---
      we'll be well stocked with this
      style for a whil!!!!!

      It's that moment when fingers hit the keys,
      brush hits the surface, that the spontaneity
      takes over, carrying us along, right?

      M-C


  • Denerica
    March 10

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    Aha!

    This is a clever write, Aha! got your comment here. lol, sorry, worked last night, just giddy. Blessings.


    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 10
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      Ah, yes, Denise,
      but your "aha" moments
      are so much deeper!!!
      Thank you!

      M-C


  • hugh wyles silver member
    March 10

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    Dear Anonymous who ignores Rule #1

    Your somewhat lengthy image of creation
    involving the insertions of "aha !"
    immediately founders in frustration
    if M-C finds she cannot start the car.

    "What then?" The artisan thus hindered mutters,
    completely foiled by failed technology.
    "I thought to try and start the car with cutters
    but may have severed something rotary."

    "Perhaps I accidently cut the thingy
    which feeds the gas directly to the torque.
    That means I either get a lift from Kingy
    or else I'm gonna have to damn well walk!"

    Now Kingy's fast asleep up in his castle
    because, you see, it's past his bedtime hour
    and he's wrapped up in bed just like a parcel
    exhausted from an enervating shower.

    So notwithstanding M-C's ample charms
    or the fact that she made D-16's memorial,
    the castle guards are promptly called to arms
    and bar her entry to the suite armorial.

    But, fortuitously, what happens then,
    as M-C faces obdurate defeat,
    she sees, approaching, none but Guy and Gwen
    who're strolling arm-in-arm along the street.

    Now M-C knows that Guy can fix her car
    because he spent some time as a mechanic
    so, hailing them before they go too far,
    she rushes breathlessly to them in panic.

    But this may be M-C's unlucky star.......
    Tough problems can't always be solved...aha!

    To be continued.

    This is what happens when you post stuff at night and I get to read it after my bedtime. It's all YOUR fault for using a black background!

    Applause anyway, love and hugs (and I think Kevin should give me 250 points for this comment.) At least I got to stick in several words I've been trying to use for weeks. LOL
    Best of luck in the voting XXX Hugh (R.){Aka M-A}



    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 10
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      Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
      considering which words were "stuck in."
      Enervating shower, obdurate defeat....

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 10
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      Aha! I'd hold out for 1,000 points for the King.

      Thr graphics were made to merge with the background,
      for without it the "Aha!" graphics would appear as squares
      rather than than the lightning bolt images looming from the page.

      And, of course, you would know I could understand "thingy"
      immediately, rather than the appropriate engine terminology!

      After bedtime, tthe midnight sky, to better soothe you to dreamland

      Will await the continuation...

      M-C


  • Summer52
    March 10

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    Hi, Mumsy!

    AHA !!! Wow, beautifully done. I'm really impressed with your artistry. Need I say more ?

    and


    summer51


    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 10
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      Awe, thank you summer.

      And Jake thanks you profusely
      for his poem!

      Love and hugs to you,

      Mumsy

      • Summer52
        March 10
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        De nada, Mumsy

        It's nothing... Jake is so cute...and I'm starting to fall in love with him... Ahahahaha !!!

        Love yah, Mumsy... and Jake !


  • pixiestix gold member
    March 10
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    In search of "Aha!"... the artist's eye sees beyond and by her hand, transforms the blobs into floral beauty! I especially like the blue ones.

    Amazing what imagination and a skilled brush can do.

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 10
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      The large ones would surely weigh a pixie down,
      but there are tiny ones that might compliment her charm!!

      Thanks, pix.

      Aes


      • pixiestix gold member
        March 10

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        You accomplished much over the weekend between brush and keyboard, the mixing of mediums.

        • Aesthete2000 gold member
          March 10
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          One of my partners in art will be gone a week,
          so to get them assembled all the pieces had to
          be ready to go out the door yesterday morining.

          And, of course, time for words a priority!!!


  • Yemassee gold member
    March 10
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    The aha moment comes to you in many ways. When gardening, cooking, working at your art, job, writing, and you show two or three of those here.

    The pieces turned out interesting, like flowers and stars, though I can see why you must have wondered how they might look before you began painting them. But it's the same with some poems. We have an idea we aren't sure about, and with hard work manage to paint it as something beautiful.

    Yes, sometimes inspiration needs a jump start from necessity, or rather from our fear of necessity looming over us

    Wow you painted 100, that would have driven me crazy. lol

    • Aesthete2000 gold member
      March 10
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      From large to small---over 250!

      Right, inpsiration conspires in mutilple ways.
      It seems we need to be in the right place,
      right time, right receptive mood!

      • Yemassee gold member
        March 10

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        Apparently Hugh has trouble with black backgrounds.

        Over 250? Wow, ok, that is unthinkable, I mean to imagine painting that much. I'd just dip them in paint and call it done.

        • Aesthete2000 gold member
          March 10
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          I am guided by the principle that art over-rules rules!

          The tiny ones are smaller than my little fingernail!
          Cleaning the backs of the little ones almost as hard
          as painting them----have to be sure the clear glaze
          around the edges is all cleaned from the backs,
          or they will stick to the kiln shelf!

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