A Brush with Words: Brief Parting
By Eric Seeley, ‘Brief Parting’ oil painting
Continuing in our look back at the art and poetry exhibition,
A Brush with Words, here is Brief Parting, by Eric Seeley and Tricia Torrington.
In Praise of Blue
(For a Brief Parting)
Because there was a blue heat
Sweating our bodies to slow burn
Because there was a pure moon
Edging the sun to a swift end
Because there was a wide bay
gritting its teeth to our soft skin
Shadows enveloped us
So that we hid ourselves
Now the hills will neve be too high again
And loose limbed beaches never
So stretched, tanned, warm again,
We had seven blue days
because it was a week where we lost time
I will always lose time remembering…
Tricia Torrington
Sharing Our Past
The Cast Corridor 1887 ‘Passing the Long rest’ from the Magazine of Art 1887
Rita Carter would like to thank those of you who have already responded with reminiscences for the book titled ‘ An intimate Portrait of the RA Schools’. We are gradually receiving some very interesting pieces from members and also evocative photographs. Please keep these coming. Your stories might seem unremarkable to you but each one forms a part of the era in which you studied at the Schools and adds depth to the picture as a whole. Some of the letters have been brief but heart-felt; you do not have to write pages and pages. However if you want to make a contribution but feel stuck here are some suggestions to get you started:
1. Recollections of your first day and first term.
2. Surroundings; interior & exterior impressions of the building.
3. Names of Keeper, Curator, tutors and students.
4. Photographs/portrait drawings etc of yourself or others as they were then.
5. Any visual records of what the studios and their contents looked like.
6. Teaching style and methods in contrast with previous teaching.
7. Typical sights and sounds experienced on a daily basis; timetable, routine etc.
8. Significant events; humorous, traumatic, transformative experiences.
9. Attitudes to smoking, drinking, musical trends, fashion etc.
10. Artworks by yourself or other students that trigger associations or significant ideas.
Email: atir_49@yahoo.co.u
Many thanks to Paul Bartlett for his help and advice.
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