BLUE AND WHITE 

2 books

NIGHT BLUE 

By Angela O’Keefe

The painting Blue Poles is the inspiration for this delightful book.  A first novel.

And a poetry book by Lidija Simkute.

WHITE SHADOWS.

These two books are small, gentle, artistic and worth a place on my shelf.   Not all my reading is digital. Sharing a print book has it’s rewards.  I was given these.  I can hand them to others to share the beauty of good paper, design and words.  After all, it is about words.

I will share one of Lidija’s poems.

I WANTED TO PLUCK YOU A SUNBEAM

 But the clouds came

I wanted

To gather raindrops

And send them to you

But they dried up in my hands

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From Angela, we read about an artist at work.

..he dipped the timber in the paint, then lay it sodden against me, over and over.  His movements gained momentum; at one point, he kicked off his boots…

This is the figurative painting Blue Poles talking to us.  As readers we are sharing the story of a creation. How it came to reside in Canberra.