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Jackson Pollock

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Pollock dreams that his entire body has become a brush

August 19, 2017 jonathanmorse
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Disturbed areas of the world

A Lava step at any time
Am I inclined to climb
A Crater I may contemplate
Vesuvius at Home

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Sources:

Archives of American Art,
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/container/viewer/Passport–285890
Photoshopped.

Dickinson, Fr1691, “Volcanoes be in Sicily.” I read the first two lines as a subjunctive: “If at any time I am inclined to climb a lava step.”

March 10, 2013 jonathanmorse
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