‘Three Pots for the Poorhouse’ Action by Joseph Beuys
by Steven McCabe
Poetic testimony a’shifting
mother barely
threadbare stirring
peas & porridge nine days old in the pot
shadows
a’shifting
golden vibrations overflow
cauldrons
circling
three places
the oak the stag
a’shifting
Black and white images influenced by readings of Ferdinand the Bull as a child
Ferdinand’s delight inhaling perfumed flowers beneath a gnarly tree
papery Spanish ink ascribing metamorphosis to performance
in emanations of the ancient, kinetically flowing spine
in rainfall of visionary code addressing wounds
strenuous chalking of shamanic timelines
body politic of dreamtime silence
battery pack wire testimony
pale butcher’s twine
binding frayed
poetics
June 10, 1974
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joseph Beuys:
Blackboards and drawings of pots from
Three Pots for the Poorhouse Action
Photo credit: Richard Demarco
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Divine absolutely divine thank you~PFH
divinely thank you Heather!
Always happy to think about Beuys…
Very good then!
What an able man, Joseph Beuys. Thank you for the introduction. These images are stunning. I’m attracted to them as just motion, all the markings, the ins and outs and layers. The clarity in the complexity. Pretty amazing 🙂
Many, many thanks j.h. and appreciate these thoughts, happy for you to enjoy the layers and detail of the images as well as the retelling Beuys.
Wonderful drawings – or dry points, or etchings, or scratchboard – it doesn’t matter. They are poetic.
hello anna thank you for the poetic impression, who could ask for more than that.
Beautiful… simply beautiful (I really must find better adjectives)… !
Thank you Stephia…if we had but one advective available this would probably be the best word of them all…and I’m happy to hear it related to this effort.
Wowed as always Steven by what you do with words and images…inspiring..
thank you John…& thank you for flying here in cyberspace…
I’m very taken with these drawings, Steven. Outstanding.
Thank you Karen. I think drawing is my first love (so to speak).