Marie Wintzer's Blog Posts Tagged 'De Villo Sloan' (4)

Blisspo - from De Villo Sloan

When I cannot look at your face

I look at your feet.

Your feet of arched bone,

your hard little feet.

Those are the words of Pablo Neruda. Nothing arched or hard here, only the sweetest feet ever, gently resting on a Byzantine floor, so light they could actually be floating. Just one look at this card and a…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 12, 2011 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments

Asemic Haïku for Marie - from De Villo Sloan

Sloan's work is taking a turn towards serious asemic writing (not that it wasn't serious before), and I was thrilled to get one of his new creations in my mailbox the other day. This is a truly mesmerizing piece, in fact I can barely keep my eyes off of it. More than writing, it is a personalized haïku, which makes it even more special, if that is possible.

The poet writes on the back of the card: "it is about… Continue

Added by Marie Wintzer on November 22, 2010 at 10:43am — 3 Comments

The Crimson Giant and the Tower of Babel - De Villo Sloan

It's a story. And it's got (quite large) holes.

Sloan has comprehensively explained the "whyness" of this piece on Cheryl's blog, and as usual it was a very interesting read.

I know he is not happy with what he sent for the Giant and probably frustrated about it, but I think that it has actually been received very well by the people who got it, as far as I know. I find it very unique, a perfect… Continue

Added by Marie Wintzer on October 31, 2010 at 7:21am — 3 Comments

Blue Tape from De Villo Sloan

A large yellow A4 envelope found its way to my mailbox yesterday, containing three top-notch De Villo creations.

I love this first one,…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on September 11, 2010 at 8:45am — No Comments

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