Is it brush in hand and thought in heart
From which this painting has its start
Where comes this call I hear as mineWord, color and form these gifts of time
Is it the Muse that summons the soul
Beauty be the quest, beauty be the goal
And when in completion a work is to be
Is it the Muse I hear in joyful reverie
Is it Truth that anoints each new dayWith the knowing path of the spirit's wayEver present this reach to do and create
Welcome I Truth, the Muse, Destiny and FateGod be known in what I receive and give
This be the decree for each moment I live
Is it when faith and knowing jointly resound
That God and the Muse so freely are found
So be it brush or pen in heart, mind or hand
It is to be in the Creator's fullest command.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Quest, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2000, www.apogeeart.com
The call of color and lightUpon this surface pristine and whiteLine, form, visions near and vastBrush stokes of BEING castPale, brilliant, hues, deep, darkSurface holding passion, gentle, starkOpus of tone, cadence sublimeStreams of spirit, Frames of Mind.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Frames of Mind Opus 4, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, www.apogeeart.com
Canticle of Love
Franz Liszt
Peering through the raindrops upon the window pane
The night sky of violet and blue
The crescent moon veiled by a drifting cloud
The night embraces me and I am blanketed in its mystery
This unknown and uncharted moment of time
Sound painted streams, rivers, oceans
Such cascading waters of mind
Reach now the valley of my soul.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Night Journey, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2002, http://www.apogeeart.com
A word, a brush stroke, sound and light known
The marks, the creations of Beauty shown
Hands and heart in grandeur be
In the music, art and love brought to me
With gratitude and grace
Moment now and memory I trace
And here I willingly stand
In Beauty’s reign and command.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
"Clodion (Claude Michel): Minerva (1975.312.6)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/neoc_1/ho_1975.312.6.htm (October 2006)
Minerva was the Roman name of Greek goddess Athena. She was considered to be the virgin goddess of warriors, poetry, art, medicine, wisdom, commerce, crafts, and the inventor of music.
A body to embrace space and timeTo feel and know this structure mineMovements of thoughts withinShall I walk, jump, run or spinHop, skip, step, lunge, pranceLeap, dance, dance, danceThe chirping of birds I hearFrolic be this body I cheerThe drums and piano soundRomp I will upon this groundLeap about, jump about, springWhat thrill this body does bringIt answers the music in joyEach limb to be nature's toyIn gladness this body now praysDance, dance, dance filled days.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Terpsichore, Muse of Choral Song and Dance, Antonio Canova (Italian, Neoclassical Sculptor 1757 - 1822) 1816
Cleveland Museum of Art
Oh, sweet sounds thy NightingaleUpon my soul this night I hail
And I in reverie and charm delight
Embraced by this sonorous night
Light lilting waves of love so real
All within my heart I to feel
Upon piano keys now heard
The music of the night songbird.
In Dedication to Matthew Cameron
On the ocassion of your performance
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Weill Recital Hall
Carnegie Hall, New York City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozoysappOp4
Rose Marie Raccioppi
"Rose and nightingale (gul-o-bul-bul) drawing [Iran] (1993.98)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/10/wai/ho_1993.98.htm (October 2006)"
The winter sun bright and free
To touch and reach the whole of me
No leaves to shield me from its rays
The gentle warmth of cold winter days
Shadow, light and wind the snow does hold
This moment present and memories of old
The fun and frolic of young winter's past
Snowballs, sleigh rides, delight ever last
And now the faint song of wind and chime
The gifts of barren trees, life and time.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
From THE WIND AND THE WILLOW, Rose Marie Raccioppi, Pub. June 2008,ISBN-13: 9781604744545
Tree, Photograph, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2008.
