Marlene Wiedenbaum

I push pigment

to blend color

and contrast shapes

with my fingers

sometimes

I fall into a form

and carefully climb out

through the shadows.

I draw lines

to describe a world

I see and sense

with my heart

sometimes

I lose the critic

and gain the confidence

to open my eyes.

I build layers

to intensify an image,

a form, shape or color

I don’t always understand

(and) sometimes

the resolve

stays with me

like a moment from childhood.

by Marlene Wiedenbaum

-Published in ART TIMES, June, 1996

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