JUMP again

Saturday, March 28, 2009

JUMP again - A Forum for New World Culture. A blog by Ray Grist

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

JUMP again - A Forum for New World Culture. A blog by Ray Grist

An un-masking of the perceptual possibilities of the face.
Four works by Ray Grist

Face 1, oil on canvas, 11 3/4" x 9 5/8", 1995
Face 2, oil on canvas, 10" x 12", 1995

Face 3, oil on canvas, 10" x 13", 1995
Face 4, oil and sand on canvas, 8" x 10", 1995

Sunday, January 25, 2009

JUMP again - A Forum for New World Culture. A blog by Ray Grist.

Cá nao sei nada
Como um rapaz aprende
Vida com forca

Mindlessness Being
Crossing into open space
On the other side

2. The Path to the Beach, 11 1/2 9 7/8 inches,
1977 - 1979

Queres dizer
Amanha em Portugues
O tempo pasa

Watching by myself
Bird sounds mix with moving leaves
Wind blown loud whistle

3. Little Forest, 7 3/4 X 5 3/4 inches,
1977 - 1979

Saturday, December 20, 2008

JUMP again - A Forum for New World Culture. A blog by Ray Grist.

From 1977 until 1979, while living in Charneca da Caparica, Portugal, I created a portfolio of lino cuts. I did these lino cuts as morning and evening meditations. Along with the prints I wrote a series of Haiku poetry, in both English and Portuguese. The portfolio contains 6 lino cuts and 11 Haiku, 5 in Portuguese and 6 in English. The Portuguese Haiku are not translations of the English.

The portfolio is titled "Thoughts On A Passage."

On occasion, I will reproduce these prints and Haiku in the blog.

Ray Grist

Esperando já
Por que espero, nao sei
Como as ávores

What is important
Places, things, remain behind
Thoughts on a passage

1. The Studio, lino cut, 5 7/8 x
7 7/8 inches, 1977 - 1979.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

JUMP again - A Forum for New World Culture. A blog by Ray Grist


Although

my neighbours

are all barbarians

and you

are a thousand miles away

There are always

two cups on my table.

Anonymous Chinese poem.

(Teapot by Brenda Colling.)