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Poetry & Art Therapy
- Sweetpea
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In celebration of National
Poetry Day, October 22, 1998,
this beautiful combination
of both Poetry and Art, illustrates the potential
therapeutic uses of
both type of therapy.
The Poem, Sweetpea
reminds us to stop and smell the flowers,
as does the motivation
that the artist had for creating this beautiful graphic.
Sweetpea
Poem by Sandra Romer
Graphic by Patricia Tavenner
I
reach out and touch
your
scarlet face
fragile
perfect
growing
in a beautiful place
a
soft scent drifts in the breeze
again
you appear
before
the long winters freeze
a
sight to behold
your
color again so bold
every
year
I
wait for this day
to
come into the garden and say
a
flower in your usual flair
and
for a moment
I
haven't a care.
©
Sandy Romer
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About the Artist
Patricia Tavenner is an Art Faculty
Member with University of California Extension Berkeley in San Francisco,
Calirornia. She has shown art works in over 350 exhibits in 25 countries,
and is Listed in Who's Who of American Art, World's Who's Who
Art and is displayed in collections of Museum of Modern Art in New York
and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
I was fortunate enough to meet
this accomplished artist during a Web Design course. She shared this beautiful
creation with me. Her inspiration for the Sweet pea is as follows:
"Overload! Doing
press kits for video, writing statements, deadlines, etc.
I picked a flower or two during
my daily walks, came home, scaned it into the computer and played with
making them different and even more beautiful than they were.
Making art centers me, calms
me down, and brings me to pretty special place in the world. A place
that usually renews me."
To contact
Patricia Tavenner regarding
her Artwork email her at: pmtav@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Last updated October 20, 1998
The Sweetpea graphic is © 1998 by Patricia
Tavenner, All rights reserved and used with permission.
The Poem, Sweetpea is © 1997 by Sandra Romer
and used with permission.
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