Art From The Heart

Thanks for the inspiration Lorry, who never does serious :)

it is said that to paint

like Pollock or Picasso

you must study art for years

learn every rule in the book

then break them

i have never been a lover

of either and Pollock for sure

sounds very much like

that slang word

pillock to me

not my cup of tea at all

small children have great sense

of colour, plenty of imagination

given paper and a brush

neither do they take an age

to produce a masterpiece

prolific, always in a rush

to please teacher

they also know how to count

understanding that people

have two eyes, not three

i like that simplicity

i have a portrait of me

in a triangle dress, hair distressed

my knees with tennis ball bounce

one breast the size of a pea

the other a jam doughnut

six fingers resemble daggers

what swagger have i

neatly upon my feet

Cuban heels complete

this fine picture

are you beginning to see

where i'm coming from?

this poem of course

very much tongue in cheek

and penned in fun

 

Author's Note

apologies to any experts in the field of art

Reviews

[Jibey]

Fun indeed! This is a good-natured poke at masters of distortion and naivety. Not that I mind what they get up to, but the link to children's ways of expressing themselves is nicely presented. I have a grandchild that turns every living creature into some sort of pirate! When we took him to a bird sanctuary and asked him to draw what he had seen, all the birds were turned into pirates!

Sometimes, of course, the child is father of the man - and we can learn much from an unsophisticated view of the world. Thanks for entertaining us so well.

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks Jibey. What a creative little grandson you have. I just love that he turned all those birds into pirates. Sheer genius. That's what kids are :))

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh this is art at its sardonic best..written with a grin.

i like the reference to Pollack....such a famous artist, and yet i imagine kindergarten kids in 20 minutes might paint similar works...but then the splashing on canvass with paint or words...can just be chaos called art.
like this one, Chris...a sure smile.
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks Jacob. I hoped it would create a smile when I wrote it. Yes chaos comes in words as well as paint.

Chris