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The Long Pond Exhibition by Brad (Neil Bradley)
South London Community Matters
Open Book - Students' Creative Writing
At Open Book
I discovered, by hook
and by crook
At the age of 59
a talent
very valiant
To make things chime
And rhyme
Often in strange ways
I make these poetic forays
They麓ve suggested I do it in some other languages I know
So, let麓s have a go!
Starting with Portuguese
If you please!
Bom dia
da Ademia,
Ou mesmo perto
de ai, isto 茅 certo
Moro em L么go de Deus
Numa vivenda
De tr锚s sub-pr茅dios
com v谩rias atividades e vizinhos pertos
Uma aldeia
Bonita, n茫o feia
em Eiras,
Uni茫o das freguesias de Eiras e S茫o Paulo de Frades
Numa zona com algumas madres
nos arredores
com telhados
vermelhos nas suas cores
E, por agora, adeus!
Translation
Hello
From Ademia
Or, at least, from close to there
That much is certain
I live in L么go de Deus [literally, the Place of God],
In a villa
Consisting of three sub-buildings
With various activities and neighbours nearby
A pretty, not an ugly village, in Eiras,
In the 鈥淯nion of the Parishes of Eiras [a word which means 鈥渢hreshing floors鈥漖 and St. Peter of the Friars鈥�
In an area with a few mothers
On the outskirts
with the roofs
red in their colours
And for now, goodbye!
From George Meredith鈥檚 poem Lark Ascending. The two lines that I chose are:
鈥楢ll sight of sun, her music鈥檚 mirth
as up he wings the spiral stair.鈥�
鈥楾he joy of living, soaring, flying
up to the heavens
gliding the air waves
free from all that trammels
and restricts movement.
My spirits soar with the wings
of the lark
as I reflect his light, joyous movement,
I feel a spring in my step,
transformed by the bright
movement of the winged lark.
Black are my steps on silver sand
as I drag my feet
uphill through the dense, dark trees
in mid-winter.
The winds coldly blow
whistling through the bare branches,
an eerie sound heard around
as I steadily make my way
to the top of the hill
towards the castle ruins.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
A bird calls but none visible
to me, the solitary pedestrian
fighting uphill against the howling wind
towards the castle ruins.
Open Book 鈥� Students' Artwork
We had an art trip to the Thames, and this is a lovely impression of a view along the Embankment on the day. It's an acrylic.
This drawing was completed by Armarni who was of the belief he couldn't draw and then surprised us all with this colouring pencil sketch.
This atmospheric painting completed by Nick, shows great use of light and shade playing off buildings.
This drawing of an eye created using colouring pencils was created by John.
Ethan encourages us to ask questions about this claustrophobic setting by placing a figure in a cage.
This design created by Wayne was done using graphite pencils. Wayne is fond of symmetry and creates patterns to explore this.
This interesting figure was drawn by Sara who arrived determined to practice drawing. Her efforts paid off...
This interesting organic pattern was created by Frank using various sized black liner pens and dedicated time and patience. Mesmerising!
This piece was created by Jane. She creates many mixed media pieces, using collage, tissue paper, colouring pencils, crayons and glue.
This is one of many pieces created using acrylic and marker pens after studying the techniques used to create Cubist art.
This is a mixed media still life created by Hakki using colouring pencils, liner pens and paint.
This is one of many vibrant mixed media pieces created by David Narma, using acrylic paint, glue, glitter and magazines.
This piece was created by Tracy. She used watercolour and inks which enabled her to create great shading as shown in the glorious hands.
This creator often uses felts and crayons which provide the ideal medium for his fast style of creating art ... this is one of many.
This is a mixed media art piece completed by Carly, using masks, paint, magazines. It's part of a series of work Carly has been working on.
Christine used acrylic paint for this painting style of Australian Aborigines. Great depiction of movement in the figures hair.
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