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"... he was halfway through / a fence when the earth / shook, returned home / the year of the overthrow, / history and nature running / parallel, like the box / both art and artifact. Not / lava but the color of lava / seeped across the box, / ... not bone but the white / of bone, art's bones / laid on a pedestal of gray."
Susan M. Schultz / Excerpt of "D. Howard Hitchcock's Painting Box," inspired by "Painted Box," above.
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Art as muse
The marriage of visual arts and creative writing honors both disciplines, say Gina Caruso, Honolulu Academy of Arts film curator, who's put together "Art in a Thousand Words or Less," the museum's first flash fiction and poetry reading.
The event, to be held 2 p.m. April 27 at the Doris Duke Theatre, features writings inspired by art from the academy's collection. Writers include Peter Britos, Marie Carvalho, Chi-Wai Au, Lee Cataluna, Kathleen Norris, Mary Lou Snell and Susan M. Schultz.
Caruso, herself a published poet, says "poetry is very visual. When I write, I see visuals and the words occur afterward. Art is a great muse for poetry." Likewise, she says, the writings "are another way of praising the academy's works."
Caruso, who's completing her first year at the academy, modeled "Art in a Thousand Words or Less" after a similar program she instituted at the Walters Museum of Art in Baltimore. That program included another artistic facet in the mix: composers. Caruso says she hopes the event, which she plans to continue annually, will eventually feature composers as well.
The Honolulu Academy of Arts is located at 900 S. Berertania St. Admission to the reading is $8 general; $6 seniors, students and military; and $5 members. Call 532-8700.
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Kathleen Norris wrote "Home," a prose poetry piece inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's "Wheat Field," above.
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Mary Cassatt's "The Child's Caress" served as muse for poet Mary Lou Sanelli.
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Pete Britos, gallery director for the Hawaii State Art Museum, wrote a short story, "The Immovable King," after contemplating "Fudo Myo-o," depicting an Indian deity that is a protector of Buddhism. Here's a short excerpt: "We entered a gallery of Japanese block prints. Uncle stopped in front of a strange dark scroll. Upon an ocean and gushing waterfall an ogre sits in lotus position ... 'My girlfriend said it reminds her of me," said Uncle, 'but I'm bettah looking.' "
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