Yesterday concluded my week-long set of posts focused on solar eclipses. If you missed any of them, you can check all seven of the posts HERE.
While I was exploring solar-eclipse-related info connected to Dickinson, I also stumbled on other bits of non-eclipse articles and pictures, some of which featured works by the contemporary artist Spencer Finch.
I’ve seen several of Finch’s pieces in various museums, including his work “Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on That September Morning” at the 9/11 Memorial in New York and an installation of lights at the Baltimore Museum of Art called “Moon Dust.”
While I was exploring solar-eclipse-related info connected to Dickinson, I also stumbled on other bits of non-eclipse articles and pictures, some of which featured works by the contemporary artist Spencer Finch.
I’ve seen several of Finch’s pieces in various museums, including his work “Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on That September Morning” at the 9/11 Memorial in New York and an installation of lights at the Baltimore Museum of Art called “Moon Dust.”
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Links to info on those two works are HERE (the 9/11 Memorial) and HERE (Moon Dust).
Imma be honest, Finch’s work at the 9/11 Memorial inspired me to create this Instagram account where I took a picture of the sky every day in the year 2019, HERE.
Some of Finch’s pieces I discovered last week turned out to be works inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson. For example, he had an installation at the Morgan Library in New York called “There’s a Certain Slant of Light.” He also had a work on display at U Mass in Dartmouth, MA, called “Wind (Through Emily Dickinson’s Window).”
Imma be honest, Finch’s work at the 9/11 Memorial inspired me to create this Instagram account where I took a picture of the sky every day in the year 2019, HERE.
Some of Finch’s pieces I discovered last week turned out to be works inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson. For example, he had an installation at the Morgan Library in New York called “There’s a Certain Slant of Light.” He also had a work on display at U Mass in Dartmouth, MA, called “Wind (Through Emily Dickinson’s Window).”
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| I love the window/glass work at the Morgan. Hmm…I’m not such a fan of the piece about the wind. LOL. I also found this collage called “Cloud Over Sun Study, 2010,” and I do like this one! It’s sorta eclipse-like in that the clouds are blocking the sun! More info on Finch and his works can be found HERE. |  |
In tribute to Finch’s cloud work, I thought I would include one of Dickinson’s poems about clouds. It turns out that there are 27 different poems which use the word “clouds,” and there were MANY great ones to pick from. Hmm…that gave me the idea of having a future week devoted to “clouds,” so for now – I’ve picked one poem, and then in the near future I’ll post more!
For today, I chose Dickinson’s “The Clouds their Backs together Laid” because Finch’s work shows clouds with “their Backs together Laid.” However, Dickinson’s poem is certainly more fierce than Finch’s work.
For today, I chose Dickinson’s “The Clouds their Backs together Laid” because Finch’s work shows clouds with “their Backs together Laid.” However, Dickinson’s poem is certainly more fierce than Finch’s work.
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