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SpringskinI put you to papercrinkled, crumpledattentively creasedvalleys and petal foldsyour square halves and round thirdstucked with curious fingerstenderly fondled from dismantled trees

I hope now to unfurlconstant, completeinaugural sightseeinga piecemeal count of interior ringsyour perennial frecklesthe tissue peels of busy nailswarm winter scales on your elbows and knees

I would fit in your palmcraved, caressedexpertly tendedleaf green and nut sweetmarks of age soaked in our springskina fresh knuckle scar bent to your lipeach kiss in lightning, like honey from bees

- A.L. Cook

Senbazuruone wish or three: four for forgettingpale yellow copies of yesterday’s thoughtsten thousand creased receiptsreturning to seedmeanwhile we - little weedsheart-thick and featherweightsprout a crop fit for crocodilesmidwinter in the farmer’s almanacdusty, the fieldseven hills and five riversink-black Erebus typeset with tarknee-high Nile of paper and clayour feet grow roots, our fingers flowerideas disseminate, word by worldbacterial pulp, windmill widequillblades sown sky-bright into bluereaping the ream is full bodied workwe are splendidly scytheda garland of wingspoised for a flight left

A Rain of Fishone thing gone upanother come downparabolic, primordiala beam of shadowsgaslight fins / née fingersundoneto slip upstream we go wrongwaythrough currents and eddiescounterclockwise Charybdisa descent ten thousand falls long froth foam and fungusgreen water / gold steamwhite wax on your wingswill turn you to cloudheartful of dust too old / too dim doom of new breath now a figmentth’ flash comes a’crackingth’ backwards Krakenall in a rattle of bonesshelter soon; shelterand then what- what then -begin to fear like the sky fears the earth during that last long plummet when all turns to mud

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Seven Percentby ~ALCook

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Inspired by a passage from "The Man With the Twisted Lip"

He took off his coat and waistcoat, put on a large blue dressing-gown, and then wandered about the room collecting pillows from his bed and cushions from the sofa and armchairs. With these he constructed a sort of Eastern divan, upon which he perched himself cross-legged, with an ounce of shag tobacco and a box of matches laid out in front of him. In the dim light of the lamp I saw him sitting there, an old briar pipe between his lips, his eyes fixed vacantly upon the corner of the ceiling, the blue smoke curling up from him, silent, motionless, with the light shining upon his strong-set aquiline features.

June 2012
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~Melancholy-Minds Aug 14, 2012

Great composition, mood, lighting and textures... oh, the textures! Really unique piece.

~NeriSiren Jul 7, 2012

I love his pose and facial expression, and the contrast between the gray background and the colorful foreground -- especially the glowing gold smoke swirling up from the pipe. And I love the contrast between Sherlock's frozen, trance-like expression vs. those bright yellow swirls (which, to me, represent all the action going on in Sherlock's brain, and he's staring into that chaos, trying to see some pattern or relevant memory).

Oh dear, I'm babbling, aren't I?

~ALCook Jul 7, 2012 Professional General Artist

Oh wow, thank you for that! That's a lovely thought about the smoke!

~NeriSiren Jul 8, 2012

You're welcome! It really reminds me of the Mind Palace scene from Sherlock season 2, only this would be the 19th-century!Sherlock equivalent.

~VivaLaWhatsername Jun 29, 2012 Student General Artist

Oh goodness, where do I even begin? There's so much I want to say but I probably won't be able to adequately express it in this comment.

First off, this is beautiful. I adore his pose and the way his shirt wrinkles on his upper arm. The patterns and colors are fantastic (I especially love the blue buttons!) And papers on the ground are done very nicely, so much detail! And the wrinkled edges....just wow. It's mesmerizing. *-*

~ALCook Jun 30, 2012 Professional General Artist

Oh wow, thank you!

The papers are actual papers circa 1888 when Jack the Ripper was first gaining notoriety.

~littlenemo48 Jun 29, 2012

I love it. Beautiful detail.

~ALCook Jun 30, 2012 Professional General Artist

Thanks!

~littlenemo48 Jul 25, 2012

Welcome

~periwinklepaints Jun 29, 2012 Student General Artist

I loooove this! It's nice to see a personal portrayal for once!

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