To a Sculptor ~ God’s blessed command

It matters not how long it has taken
Nor what may need to have been forsaken
Created with heart’s divinity and pleasure
’Tis the soul’s light and heart’s treasure 
Known shall be the workings of heart and hand
Held as expression of God’s blessed command.


Rose Marie Raccioppi 
APOGEE Poet
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Pygmalion and Galatea, Ca. 1890, Oil on Canvas, Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1824 –1904, French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism.

PULSING Grace...

...the poet is of words,

         the artist is of line and color, 

               the sculptor is of form and structure, 

                     the heart is of beauty in pulsing grace...

Rose Marie Raccioppi

THE WAY...

clay and stone 

structure and form  

stability and grace

the way of the sculptor

colors in revelation 

lines in expression 

strokes that summon the spirit

the way of the artist

echoes of heart

the calling of soul

word as the spirit of BEING

the way of the poet.

silence and sound

thought and mood

passion and pulsing 

the way of the SELF.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

Poet Laureate

Oranetown, New York

...blessed hands...

          ... blessed hands that sculpt beauty and hold to truth
                form

                     structure

                          line

                               passion
                                    captured 

                                          be the grace

                                                the pain

                                                      the ecstasy 

                                                            the quest of BEING...

Rose Marie Raccioppi 

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Terracotta bozetto for "Ecstasy of St. Theresa", 1647-1652.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, "Ecstasy of St. Theresa", 1652, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Born 7 December 1598
Naples, Kingdom of Naples, in present-day Italy
Died 28 November 1680 (aged 81)
Rome, Papal States, in present-day Italy
Nationality Italian
Known for Sculpture, painting, architecture
Notable work:
David,
Apollo and Daphne,
The Rape of Proserpina,
Ecstasy of Saint Theresa
Movement Baroque style

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M O O D S

                          Moods

                                        Colors, moods of pigment call to the artist

                                        Line, moods of movement call to the dancer

                                       Substance, moods of form call to the sculptor

                                       Sound, moods of timbre call to the musician

                                      Words, moods of expression call to the poet

                                                                    … and so a story be told

                                                                    a vision be shared

                                                              a song be written

                                                       a decree declared…

                                                                  Rose Marie Raccioppi

                                                                                 Poet Laureate

                                                                                Orangetown, New York

Quake and Storm... OF BEING

Quake and Storm...

OF BEING

what be this passion, this driving force
this calling to create, to design, to express
what be this passion, this driving force
this calling to awaken, to perceive, to understand
to reveal, to share, to resolve
this calling to validate, to define
to live purpose, to be free, to know love
what be this passion, this driving force
to live ideas, disciplines, and mastery
this the sculptor
form, structure, newly conceived
this the artist
metaphor, symbol of creation's command
this the poet
in lamentation, in faith, in joy expressed
this the dancer, the actor, the performer
the music, the word, the song, the drama
this the quake and storm
this each heart in soul's light
what be this passion, this driving force
but the grace and power OF BEING.

Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York

Quake and Storm, APOGEE Vibrational Art, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013... on exhibit at Union Arts Center, Quincy Hall Gallery, ~ The Sounding Light ... Artists Reception and Celebration, January 4, 2014.