This Christmas, Wendy sent me a strange, wonderful book inspired by two artists' journey through the Balkans on the eve of World War II. It's called The Road is Wider than Long: An Image Diary from the Balkans July - August 1938 by Roland Penrose (created for travel partner and muse Lee Miller), and it is part of a Surrealist poetry series.
Two pages seemed torn from this week's news:
I have tried to write about the tsunami and failed. So for now, I will let this poet speak, his 67-year-old words more resonant than anything I could write now.
Thank you, Wendy.
Comments (2)
I knew this book would speak something--and thank you for sharing this piece with everyone--
XOXO!
Posted by Wendy | January 5, 2005 8:37 AM
Posted on January 5, 2005 08:37
Thanks for sharing that. I find it hard to write about a tragedy right after it happens, one day after Sept. 11th, I heard an interview where someone was asked if they'd written about 9-11 yet and the author (wish I remembered his name sorry!) said something along the lines of "Not yet, because at first I feel the same way that everyone else does about a thing like that, and what I need to do is have something different to say."
Posted by Lisa | January 6, 2005 10:49 PM
Posted on January 6, 2005 22:49