TIM CANTOR
Tim Cantor is at first a visual artist. Yet his visions inspire his own stylized literature. His poetic verses speak the stories of his paintings. Brimming with inherent fears and loves, his writings are dramatic, yet they acurately mirror the scenes he creates - as well, they bare what lives in their shadows.
The following is a selected list of the artist's poems and writings that relate with specific paintings.
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The Spinning of Threads
"...Some dwell upon the past, and the path they did not take
The person they’ve become is different from their dream..."
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l'Ange
"...Could we not turn our stray to those that bleed?
And could we not dry tears with our own lost greed?..."
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Manon
"...The warm liquid of your eyes, it leaks out as poison pleas
They burn like wandered stars, like comets toward the seas..."
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1316
"...Perhaps it's our grace; this need to have meaning
An absolute thirst that lets us keep dreaming..."
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Fire & Snow
"...Like me she’s a leaf, a leaf in a crowd, lost in proud voices
Crushed by the weight of humans and choices..."
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The Calm Before
"...A rose turned grey, by day, tarnished by the mist
Each day it changes shades, and dies, just a bit..."
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Ghosts of Crows
"...There is a tree that twists and grows, like a wrinkle in my hand
I see a child skipping years, and suddenly he’s a man..."
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The Blind Girl
"...My stranger and my china, my figment and my finding
It's you that suffers highly, ceaseless in my mind..."
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Like Child, Like Man
"...My three minds pull my eyes to numerous scenes
They fight with my focus, as if they are dreams..."
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Mother of One
" Chanting and chanting, as I suffer their sin
Chanting and chanting, as my child grows..."
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The Hollows
" ...I consider the old saying that embraces, The answers
will be found, in the most unlikely of places..."
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Craven Age
" Who am I today
But a shadow of my name...?"
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Dilemma
" Time is just a question, so bluntly marked in red
Will you love me back? Is the question in my head..."
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Cry My Heart
"...My heart is cut in two. There's then, there's now,
and there's only me and you..."
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Bed of Roses
" This bed; soft of roses and sugared fleece
Its beauty; an illusion of life at peace..."
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Lake of Love
" The faults of war verse the bells of peace
The rise and fall that called you near..."
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Beauty's Privilege
"...Opening my eyes, To a better existence that savors every day
And a life that has no time for angry words, And wasted rage..."
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The Four Seasons
"...The music, the strings, they chant like a ghost - cross liquid,
cross bridges, in Venice with hope..."
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Aide-Mémoire
" A minute was an hour... The clock ticked slower.
Time was a hindrance - not the gift it grows to be..."
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Affinité
" ...Each sky, each tide, my hungers to survive
Strive, strive, til death I am alive"
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Feather & Hail
" Have we transcended, moved past our past cries?
Are we more wise, or less brave by these ties? "
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The Conduct of Life
"...I see my youth, myself, the years that yet remain
I see a boy, a man, forever one the same..."
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The Selfless Ballerina
"...She took away my fears, and embraced them as her own
Feel safe, she said, feel free, you will never be alone..."