Forbidden CityAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 31 March 2016
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from â?oMount Fujiâ?? A draughtsmanâ?Ts draughtsman, Hokusai at 70 thought heâ?Td begun to grasp the structures A of birds and beasts, insects and fish, of the way plants grow, hoped that by 90 heâ?Td havepenetrated to their essential nature. A And more, by 100, I will have reached the stagewhere every dot, every mark I make will bealive. You always loved that resolve, youâ?Td repeat A joyfullyâ?"Hokusaiâ?Ts utterance of faith in workâ?Ts possibilities, its reward, that, at 130, heâ?Td perhaps have learned to draw. A Gail Mazurâ?Ts poems in Forbidden City A build an engaging meditative structure upon the elements of mortality and art, eloquently contemplating the relationship of art and lifeâ?"and the dynamic possibilities of each in combination. At the collectionâ?Ts heart is the poetâ?Ts long marriage to the artist Michael Mazur (1935â?"2009). A fascinating range of tone infuses the bookâ?"grieving, but clear-eyed rather than lugubrious, sometimes whimsical, even comical, and often exuberant. The note of pleasure, as in an old tradition enriched by transience, runs through the work, even in the final poem, â?oGrief,â?? where â?oour ravenous hold on the worldâ?? is a powerful central element.
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