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In 1982 I had graduated from college with a filmmaking degree and had just gotten married, but I was really still looking for myself.\u00a0 That year I had one of my early bursts of artistic effort, directed at painting.\u00a0 I made this series illustrating Wallace Stevens’ popular bit of American Zen, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”, published in 1917.\u00a0 These are all acrylic on paper, 24″ x 18″ (61 cm x 46 cm).\u00a0 I think the verses are legible in these pictures, but if not, see the full text in its Wikipedia entry<\/a>, a good introduction to this poem, including links to interpretations by other artists and composers.<\/p>\n

\"Blackbird

Blackbird I, 1982, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blackbird III, 1982, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blackbird IV, 1982, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blackbird V, 1982, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blackbird VI, 1982, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blackbird VII, 1982, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blackbird VIII, 1982, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blackbird IX, 1982, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blackbird X, 1982, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blackbird XI, 1982, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blackbird XII, 1982, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

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Blackbird XIII, 1982, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n

This series is not much like my current work, but I see in it an attempt to find an approach to visual art that’s analagous to music.\u00a0 The touch is a bit heavy, but also vigorous and bold.\u00a0 If you take time to look at them, you’ll see, not just hidden blackbirds, but lots of evocative and suggestive forms nested in these compositions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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