contemporary collage paintings
the process
Leslie Avon Miller

My life flows when I'm in my art.


Jean De Muzio

Saturday, May 2, 2015

The Edges of Things

untitled collage Leslie Avon Miller

I like the edges of things
the way two elements come together
and are changed by the experience.
A third energy is born
 
untitled collage Leslie Avon Miller
 
To explain this in words
is to diminish the happening.
And yet I endeavor
to explain.
 
This morning I watched the sunlight
create a multitude of abstract paintings on my walls.
A strong dash of a line.
A pattern with rhythm.
 
 
untitled collage Leslie Avon Miller
 
In our solitude we are one person.
In our interactions, at the edges,
we experience a portal
and become, even fleetingly, changed.
 
My art avoids the boxes of words,
and moves to another dimension.
A dash of a line.
A pattern with rhythm.
 
 
untitled collage, Leslie Avon Miller
This is my poetry.
This is the essence of my content.
At the edges I am changed.
 
 
 
 


Sunday, January 11, 2015

haiku for the new year

new year's haiku 1
Leslie Avon Miller
At the change of the year I require light, and space and room to breathe. I need time for mental clearing away and sorting to allow room to allow freshness in my life. January is such a personal month. I withdraw, cocoon and cleanse, preparing for what is to come.


new year's haiku 2
Leslie Avon Miller
I find myself stacking antique Japanese glass floats on an equally aged silver tray. They capture and reflect the pale winter light. Their aura is simple. They reflect my mood, symbols of vintage beauty brought forward in news ways to this time and this place.

new year's haiku 3
Leslie Avon Miller

The rich sparseness of Haiku appeals to me. I find myself sorting, choosing, tearing, shaping and arranging small space to please my need for minimalism and clarity.

new year's haiku 4
Leslie Avon Miller

 

threading a needle
on new year's day
the spool unwinds
 
Jane Reichhold
 
 
new year's haiku 5
Leslie Avon Miller
 
                                The first page of my new journal reads:
 
365 new days
 
and the second page
 
Let your life be a painting
Let your life be a poem
 
Osho
 
 
new year's haiku 6
Leslie Avon Miller
 
 
 
Best of new year wishes to you.