{"id":5286,"date":"2013-12-09T19:07:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T00:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/?p=5286"},"modified":"2014-12-14T22:32:58","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T03:32:58","slug":"vowels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/09\/vowels\/","title":{"rendered":"Vowels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5287\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-barefoot.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5287\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5287\" alt=\"Barefoot, 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-barefoot.jpg?resize=404%2C600\" width=\"404\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-barefoot.jpg?w=404 404w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-barefoot.jpg?resize=202%2C300 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barefoot, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This post is an experiment. Some of my recent abstract watercolors, landscape sketches, and doodles have been randomly interspersed between the lines of Arthur Rimbaud&#8217;s synesthetic 1872 sonnet &#8220;Voyelles&#8221;. The original French poem and English translation by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/247319.Collected_Poems_with_Plain_Prose_Translations_of_Each_Poem\" target=\"_blank\">Oliver Bernard<\/a>\u00a0were copied from <a href=\"http:\/\/charlesmatthews.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/poem-of-day-arthur-rimbaud.html\" target=\"_blank\">this site<\/a>\u00a0(where the fourteen-line <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poets.org\/viewmedia.php\/prmMID\/5791\" target=\"_blank\">sonnet<\/a> is followed by a four-line &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Envoi\" target=\"_blank\">envoi<\/a>&#8221; which is not included here below or in most versions of this poem I could find online). Oliver Bernard&#8217;s version is a prose translation, striving for the clearest expression of the sense of the original while sacrificing meter and musicality. If this version is too flat for you, check out Canadian poet Christian\u00a0B\u00f6k&#8217;s fascinating version of &#8220;Voyelles&#8221;, translated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wagsrevue.com\/Download\/Issue_3\/Voyelles.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">five different ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These paintings were not inspired by this poem, and they have been sequenced randomly to avoid any specific reference to the colors or images mentioned in Rimbaud&#8217;s verses. When I draw or paint abstractly, I disengage my mind as much as possible from discursive thought and allow subconscious impulses to express themselves in the movement of the brush and the liquid medium. Imagery never drives the painting &#8211; any images are projections of the imagination, like the forms seen in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rorschach_test\" target=\"_blank\">Rorschach blots<\/a>. I am trying to allow impulses of movement to arise from below the surface of awareness, as in my practice of Authentic Movement, described in <a href=\"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/09\/the-doodle-abides\/\" target=\"_blank\">this post<\/a>. Perhaps this way of going fishing in the unconscious has something in common with the methods of a proto-surrealist poet like Rimbaud. Perhaps some accidental resonances may arise from the interleaving of sketches and lines of verse. \u00a0If not, please enjoy my humble doodles and Rimbaud&#8217;s delirious words separately!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5288\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-extinct-animals.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5288\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5288\" alt=\"Extinct Animals, 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-extinct-animals.jpg?resize=420%2C600\" width=\"420\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-extinct-animals.jpg?w=420 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-extinct-animals.jpg?resize=210%2C300 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Extinct Animals, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu: voyelles,<\/p>\n<p><em>A Black, E white, I red, U green, O blue: vowels,<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5289\" style=\"width: 407px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-pastries.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5289\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5289\" alt=\"Pastries, 201e, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-pastries.jpg?resize=397%2C600\" width=\"397\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-pastries.jpg?w=397 397w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-pastries.jpg?resize=198%2C300 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastries, 201e, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Je dirai quelque jour vos naissances latentes:<\/p>\n<p><em>I shall tell, one day, of your mysterious origins:<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5290\" style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-ego.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5290\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5290\" alt=\"Ego,m 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-ego.jpg?resize=456%2C600\" width=\"456\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-ego.jpg?w=456 456w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-ego.jpg?resize=228%2C300 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ego,m 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A, noir corset velu des mouches \u00e9clatantes<\/p>\n<p><em>A, black velvety jacket of brilliant flies<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5291\" style=\"width: 401px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-autumn-wind.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5291\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5291\" alt=\"fredhatt-2013-autumn-wind\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-autumn-wind.jpg?resize=391%2C600\" width=\"391\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-autumn-wind.jpg?w=391 391w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-autumn-wind.jpg?resize=195%2C300 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Autumn Wind, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Qui bombinent autour des puanteurs cruelles,<\/p>\n<p><em>Which buzz around cruel smells,<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5292\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-plant-spirit.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5292\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5292\" alt=\"Plant Spirit, 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-plant-spirit.jpg?resize=600%2C392\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-plant-spirit.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-plant-spirit.jpg?resize=300%2C196 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plant Spirit, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Golfes d\u2019ombre ; E, candeur des vapeurs et des tentes,<\/p>\n<p><em>Gulfs of shadow; E, whiteness of vapours and of tents,<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5293\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-path-of-light.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5293\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5293\" alt=\"Path of Light, 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-path-of-light.jpg?resize=404%2C600\" width=\"404\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-path-of-light.jpg?w=404 404w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-path-of-light.jpg?resize=202%2C300 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Path of Light, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lances des glaciers fiers, rois blancs, frissons d\u2019ombelles;<\/p>\n<p><em>Lances of proud glaciers, white kings, shivers of cow-parsley;<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5294\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-pink-flowering-tree.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5294\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5294\" alt=\"Pink Flowering Tree, 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-pink-flowering-tree.jpg?resize=404%2C600\" width=\"404\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-pink-flowering-tree.jpg?w=404 404w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-pink-flowering-tree.jpg?resize=202%2C300 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink Flowering Tree, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I, pourpres, sang crach\u00e9, rire des l\u00e8vres belles<\/p>\n<p><em>I, purples, spat blood, smile of beautiful lips<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5295\" style=\"width: 416px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-electrical-storm.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5295\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5295\" alt=\"Electrical Storm, 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-electrical-storm.jpg?resize=406%2C600\" width=\"406\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-electrical-storm.jpg?w=406 406w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-electrical-storm.jpg?resize=203%2C300 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5295\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Electrical Storm, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dans la col\u00e8re ou les ivresses p\u00e9nitentes;<\/p>\n<p><em>In anger or in the raptures of penitence;<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5296\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-land-forms.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5296\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5296\" alt=\"Land Forms, 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-land-forms.jpg?resize=600%2C387\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-land-forms.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-land-forms.jpg?resize=300%2C193 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Land Forms, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>U, cycles, vibrements divins des mers virides,<\/p>\n<p><em>U, waves, divine shudderings of viridian seas,<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5297\" style=\"width: 417px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-aromatic-tree.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5297\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5297\" alt=\"Aromatic Tree, 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-aromatic-tree.jpg?resize=407%2C600\" width=\"407\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-aromatic-tree.jpg?w=407 407w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-aromatic-tree.jpg?resize=203%2C300 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aromatic Tree, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Paix des p\u00e2tis sem\u00e9s d\u2019animaux, paix des rides<\/p>\n<p><em>The peace of pastures dotted with animals, the peace of the furrows<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5298\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-mane.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5298\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5298\" alt=\"Mane, 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-mane.jpg?resize=468%2C600\" width=\"468\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-mane.jpg?w=468 468w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-mane.jpg?resize=234%2C300 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mane, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Que l\u2019alchimie imprime aux grands fronts studieux;<\/p>\n<p><em>Which alchemy prints on broad studious foreheads;<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5299\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-green-and-blue.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5299\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5299\" alt=\"Green and Blue, 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-green-and-blue.jpg?resize=508%2C600\" width=\"508\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-green-and-blue.jpg?w=508 508w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-green-and-blue.jpg?resize=254%2C300 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green and Blue, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>O, supr\u00eame Clairon plein des strideurs \u00e9tranges,<\/p>\n<p><em>O, sublime Trumpet full of strange piercing sounds,<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5300\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-coral.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5300\" alt=\"Coral, 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-coral.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-coral.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-coral.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coral, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Silence travers\u00e9s des Mondes et des Anges:<\/p>\n<p><em>Silences crossed by Worlds and by Angels:<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5301\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-bosom.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5301\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5301\" alt=\"Bosom, 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-bosom.jpg?resize=600%2C421\" width=\"600\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-bosom.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-bosom.jpg?resize=300%2C210 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bosom, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2014 O l\u2019Om\u00e9ga, rayon violet de Ses Yeux!<\/p>\n<p><em>O the Omega, the violet ray of Her Eyes!<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5302\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-tracks.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5302\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5302\" alt=\"Tracks, 2013, by Fred Hatt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-tracks.jpg?resize=600%2C477\" width=\"600\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-tracks.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fredhatt-2013-tracks.jpg?resize=300%2C238 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tracks, 2013, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I recently discovered the work of the comics artist <a href=\"http:\/\/julianpeterscomics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Julian Peters<\/a>. One of his specialites is illustrating poetry, including work by Poe, Keats and Eliot. He has a really beautiful comic of Rimbaud&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/julianpeterscomics.com\/le-bateau-ivre-arthur-rimbaud\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Le Bateau Ivre&#8221;<\/a>\/&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/julianpeterscomics.com\/the-drunken-boat-by-arthur-rimbaud\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Drunken Boat<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; click on the appropriate title to see it in either English or French.<\/p>\n<p>Color pieces in my post are watercolor paintings except &#8220;Green and Blue&#8221;, which is drawn with aquarelle crayons and blended with water. Black and white pieces are drawn with Tombow brush markers. &#8220;Mane&#8221; and &#8220;Tracks&#8221; are 11&#8243; x 14&#8243; (28 x 35.6 cm), &#8220;Ego&#8221; is 8.5&#8243; x 11&#8243; (21.6 x 28 cm), and all others are 5.5&#8243; x 8.5&#8243; (14 x 21.6 cm).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is an experiment. Some of my recent abstract watercolors, landscape sketches, and doodles have been randomly interspersed between the lines of Arthur Rimbaud&#8217;s synesthetic 1872 sonnet &#8220;Voyelles&#8221;. 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