It Was Just a Piece of Wood

But when I kicked it out of the desert sand, somehow I thought about Dylan Thomas and his “Under Milk Wood”. Why? Perhaps it was the heat of the high noon in the desert.

Or perhaps I saw a face in that piece of wood that reminded me of Captain Cat with a smile on his lips remembering his lover Rosie Probert.

I do not know. But when I brought that piece of wood to my studio, I decided to make that face come alive.

So, I placed a glass eye in a dark hole to make it a blind eye. The colours of this eye do reflect the sleepless nights Captain Cat may had sat at his window looking but not seeing.

I did not want to paint, carve or chip – the piece of wood had enough of a story to tell. So, I used a hare tail and a piece of cottontail rabbit fur to frame the head and face.

Then, drilled a small loop in the back and let it rest on my wall.

Now, that piece of wood came a long way to remind me of Dylan Thomas, Captain Cat and Rosie Probert!

May 28, 2018

© Vahé A. Kazandjian, 2018