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| "Moving Forward", 2006, 36 in. x 54 in. Pastel with sumi ink |
The
stars
having
in their way
gone supernova
releasing all their elements
in stellar arrangements of surreal nebula.
The
quartz
beaches
transported,
bear the brunt of all
kinds of weathering without stain,
numbers of hard hexagons, they form soft, sinking sand.
The
words,
at first
perhaps only
spoken, then written
in ephemeral bravura
that reveals point and counterpoint into crescendo.
Then
the
water
so fresh that
slides down the throat while
standing beneath the desert clouds
forming, shifting, undulating, chasing across sky.
These
all became
crystalline and tangible.
Stars, quartz, words, water,
permutations when we shook hands
This is a "Fib-Ferm" form. I developed this based on the Fibonacci sequence and the golden spiral, as well as expressing the golden angle which is the constant multiplied by the index number of the floret in the Fermat spiral. The restrictions are syllabic, where the syllables of each line are summed to form the integer in the sequence of the line for the "Fib" sections, which was developed in Indian mathematics and Sanskrit prosody. For the "Ferm" section which follows any positive number of "Fibs", the syllables are summed to form the integers of each line corresponding to expressing the golden angle of 137.508; where the period holds the value of the decimal at the end of the third line. In the "Fib-Ferm" form commas hold no mathematical value but only serve grammatical purposes such as: dependent clauses, pauses or breathing, and replacement of the conjunction "and." The number of "Fibs" forms the value "n" or the integer value of the florets multiplied by the "Ferm" value which finds the "theta" or angle of the Fermat spiral being expressed in the poetry. There are no restrictions as to content.
