서량의 詩, 글, 음악/김정기의 글동네: NY, NJ, USA

Pushing Arms Back -- To the Painting, "Reclining Dancer" by Matisse (1925-1926) Isn’t imagination alone good enough? Dense forest, a woman’s animation image with vibrant vigor The sorrows in black and white Trembling signature Yes, yes, imagination alone falls short Note on the Muse: There are times when Matisse's carelessly painted woman appears somewhat melancholic. The dancer in the painting ..

Travel --- To the Painting, "Dream" by Matisse (1940) Vibrations rising from the back and arms Fine vibrations, firm hands The power that runs the woman's dream The host, the Master of Ceremony An amoeba-shaped purple flying saucer Flies into the red background No sound is heard Note on the Muse: In Matisse's paintings, patterns resembling waves often appear on women's clothing. They resemble el..

Violet Palette -- To Matisse’s painting, "Still Life with Sleeping Woman" (1940) Several yellow and crimson fruits A lively palette drenched by clusters of water drops A roundly curved palette knife, the palette knife Sparsely falling light drops, light drops A woman smiling genially, genially in the dream amid leaves Squeezing colors onto the palette, adjusting hues Adjusting hues, the woman is..

Summer Sea -- To the “Woman with a Red Umbrella Seated in Profile” in Matisse’s painting (1919-1921) Wow, the horizon’s looking close In the room, the tip of the folded umbrella is pointed The tablecloth with many red stripes, five or six flowers Both inside and outside the room, all’s dazzling, dazzling A large curtain opens facing the summer A profile of a woman sitting under a red parasol The..

Concentration -- To the "Woman with a Face Buried in Arms" in Matisse's Painting (1929) The lens gleams A pure white blank piece of paper As the woman disappears, the lens gets shinier Concealed lips, deep dark shadow The right upper arm, the upper arm muscles The real intention at the utmost hidden by the gentle muscles Note on Muse: The woman in Matisse's painting has an intense gaze. Like a h..

Going Out -- To the "Young Woman at the Window, Sunset" painted by Matisse (1921) Alongside the reddened seawater, around the rim, the rim Unknown people are far, far away The red sky, the color of purple The woman is touching the sky The fixed window, the transparent window Touching the palm trees, the dark blue palm trees Her hand, fingers totally detached from her body Note on Muse: The woman..

White Background Dress -- To Matisse's painting, "Woman Seated at a Dressing Table" (1924) A couple of bottles of perfume A small flower vase with five, six pink flowers The inner chamber of a woman peeked into by a palm tree How is it that there’s no mirror on the dressing table? A light dress tipped by the sea breeze Worms, the size of fingers crawling Two or three hundred of them Note on Muse..

Black Ribbon -- To Matisse's painting, "Woman on a divan. Black Ribbon" (1922) A white vase lowering its anchor into the red sea A snake touching the closed book with its tail, a quiet snake Walls encircling the sea, thick walls Heart patterns scattered all around, aren’t they? With a slightly furrowed brow A still woman, there is *divan: A thick mattress placed on a low bed frame Note on Muse: ..

Sky Blue Desk -- To Matisse's painting, "Girl Reading, Vase of Flowers" (1922) Darkness spreads across the open book Flowers standing in the vase A dragonfly alights on a flower The eyes of the woman only half open My unconscious is also only half open A rainbow plugging vertically into the back Inside of my head itches, It’s dark Note on Muse: When reading a book, half of it is the unconscious...

Without Space -- To Matisse's painting, "Woman with Folded Arms" (1944) Curves, mountain ridges, curves Eyes without pupils pure white eyes The moment of holding one’s own torso with both arms In the sky on the shore, the dazzling sky Seagulls, seagulls peeking around Lips of the woman almost reachable, not reachable Note on Muse: Matisse's curves are reverential, even religious. They resemble a..