for Dan Miller
This new artwork records our history.
This new artwork records our history.
Excavates our psyches, our hearts’ archives.
Returns us to our ancient mystery
as humans, hidden tunnels of our lives
where we ran without knowing it. That man
in blue bike helmet -- enclosed autism
repeating his words but not artist’s hand
as his pen then brush circle in rhythm,
slide with hypnotic lines blending colors
and memory -- predicts our hazed future.
Art’s winding energy offers dolor
and hope, its hue both slashes and sutures
pulsing carcass that is us. Where he goes
next, no one can know, but we’re glad he does.
Roger Armbrust
September 28, 2018
