Extinction 09.3 #2

kafka

Extinction 09.3 #2

acrylic/oil/wax/graphite on canvas 60” x 36”
This is the final painting in the Extinction series

The work owes a huge debt to my friend CC Arsharga and his wonderful poem ‘I am the whale of poems’

Go ahead and eat me
For you are the reasons of teeth and claw
You are the cries of reality is
You are a killer of whales

Because you can
Because you care not with your mighty ways
Because you are a hunger that feeds aimlessly
Because you love greed
Because your ego is sick
Because you die daily into nothing in order to exist
Because your mother is your food
Because you are lifeless at the heart of the world feeds you
Because your future is futile
Because your truth has no known equilibrium
Because you love these words
Because you feel them stab you
Because you bleed
Because your extinction matters not
Because you want to be as brave as dying
Because … you understand this poem still

You have no cause to own the deeds that you are
Because life’s carcass holds no sacred value to you
Because you cannot kill yourself with your own reasons
Because you are a coward in the oceans of selfishness
And I am just the whale of poems

And you hate poems
And you do not even care if your own soul is hunted

For you are the predator who fears to admit
You are the very same prey

© Copyright 1/20/2008 C.C. Arshagra
From: ‘Killing What You Do Not Understand’ ~ The ‘Adult Poetry’ series and collection (Unpublished work)
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Stages

Finished at last!

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Extinction 09.3 #2 by kafka
  • AmandaGWright

    AmandaGWright

    This is MagNiFicEnT!

  • kafka replied

    Thank you Amanda!...........x

  • Phil Eckert

    Phil Eckert

    Fabulous !

  • kafka replied

    Thank you for your kind comment Phil !!

  • Ray Schloss

    Ray Schloss

    wow, kafka… wasn’t sure i’d see one i liked more than extinction 08 #4, but this just might be it. spectacular color composition. excellent work!

  • kafka replied

    Hi Ray – When I finished this I wasn’t all that sure about it – but it’s growing on me a lot…....it might be my favourite of the whole series yet!

  • ieneke jansen

    ieneke jansen

    This is absolutely brilliant!!! I love your choice of colors and blending. I could stare at this one for a very long time. Great work :)

  • kafka replied

    Hi ieneke – thank you for your lovely comment – I’m glad that you like it (I have been staring at it for a very long time! :-)))

  • nathanw08

    nathanw08

    A Fabulous conclusion to the series Kafka. Wonderful deep textured colours, contrasting with the sharp lines. I enjoyed reading your journal on this series and the translation of your thoughts on maps and perspective. It’s interesting how our perceptions are dictated by linear perspective and this is something I wrestle with in the context of architectural drawings and how they are legible, I guess much like maps, elevations are not necessarily bound by a fixed viewpoint.

    Anyway, I’ve rambled too much, it is a fantastic piece of art!

  • kafka replied

    Hi Nathan – thank you for your thoughtful comments and don’t worry about rambling (I’m the last person who could complain about that!:-)

  • StacyLee

    StacyLee

    Powerful work! I’m very fond of this!

  • kafka replied

    Hi Stacey, thank you for your very kind comment….........x

  • Marilyn Brown

    Marilyn Browncommunity host

    Kafka, has the Tate modern finished that room for you yet!
    This is so fantastic it should be hanging in a Gallery.

  • kafka replied

    see below…....hit the wrong button again!!! duh.

  • kafka

    kafka

    Hi M….......x :)))) There are so many oil glazes on it that, by the time its dries (if it ever does) ,the Tate modern will be the Tate ancient!...............anyway, who needs the Tate when we’ve got PiMT :)))

  • Fee Dickson

    Fee Dickson

    Love the blues and golds :). More than that, I like the edges of green creeping in, and the point of energy ( not sure how else to describe it!)

    Do you have the full set presented together anywhere? are they going to be exhibited in the Uk?

  • kafka replied

    Hi Fee ! – thank you for your comment, I liked the green bits too!
    I don’t have the full set because two of them have been sold, one of them I destroyed (I think it was 04, the twin towers one) and one of them I painted over (05 which became ‘Extwave’) the ones that are left are up for sale – if there are any left I have a gallery slot at the beginning of Sept. where I might show them. if it’s on, I will post details when I know for sure.

  • revad

    revad

    Beautiful. A great series. Another favourite.

  • kafka replied

    Thank you Dave for your support and kind words.

  • micmac

    micmac

    Beautiful words for another master piece….THE COLORS ARE SO INTENSE …........BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • kafka replied

    Gigi (xxx)!! (where have you been?) – thank you for your lovely comment…........x

  • Atheum

    Atheum

    Amazing artwork, Kafka.

  • kafka replied

    Thank you Ath !

  • Marie Magnusson

    Marie Magnusson

    love the depth of those blues, your flying really has paid off! the relief in the ocean-floor is amazing, and the hint of reflection in the window.
    i want to run my fingers across those ridges, i’d love to see the whole series displayed in a gallery and just sit there in the middle and take it all in
    great to see some of the process too!

  • kafka replied

    Hi Marie! – thank you for your lovely comment – the series has been broken up (see comment above) but I have got a few ideas on using prints of the full set…........this one is the biggest (and tastiest :-)

  • Mufa3

    Mufa3

    Anyone else notice? Too much blue.

    I hate to sound like a pesky sycophant – but this really is rather quite good
    Where can we go to really dive in to it?
    (I would suggest the FDG ‘abstract’ thread…..

  • kafka replied

    And I thought you were colour-blind…:)
    posted as suggested (and ambushed already :-))))lol

  • Deborah Milligan

    Deborah Milligan

    fantastic work kafka! I love the treatment in … what I see as the sky! and the sharp lines cutting through

  • kafka replied

    Thank you Deb…......x (it could be the sky…...or anything else you’ld like it to be :-)

  • Sophie Shapiro

    Sophie Shapiro

    An accomplished painting by an accomplished painter! Wonderful…. Hope you are well?Sx

  • kafka replied

    Hi Sophie – thank you for your very kind comment (x)

  • amanda Rae

    amanda Rae

    this is brilliant !!

  • kafka replied

    Hi amanda! – thank you for your lovely comment….....x

  • Paul Milburn

    Paul Milburn

    amazing sense of scale.

  • Reynaldo

    Reynaldo

    wonderful abstract very bold and striking

  • C.C. Arshagra

    C.C. Arshagra

    My dear and sacred friend,

    You have lifted the sound and silent joy of my soul. And the timing could not be more divine of hope. It is beyond an honor to have touched your creative passion at all, not to mention that one of my poems could have touched your creative will so profoundly. My gratitude is eternal and unfathomable. To say you are my sacred friend is to do so by no small measure. May I say here, the sincere depth in which you value and appreciate the words I write cannot be measured at all, and transcends the realms of pricelessness. I am so blessed that you exist in my life at all. May you never become extinct and may all the future art forms of life be blessed by your living creative leavings here. ‘Whale On’ my sacred friend.

    C.C. Arshagra

  • Lorena Maria

    Lorena Maria

    So powerful!! I.m blue maniac!! o.O

  • Scott d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    fabulous

  • MyheART

    MyheART

    fantastic painting:)

  • roger boreham

    roger boreham

    reminds me of an umbrella,,,,,,, great composition and superb use of colour to create edgey strong vocal point,,,,,,, surprising beautiful,,

  • mattydayzlegz

    mattydayzlegz

    i think everyone else has said it for me….i’ll just added it to my favorites…enough said:)

  • Carol Berliner

    Carol Berliner

    Wonderful brilliant work!! bravo! I looooove it! Instant fav!

  • * RoyAllenHunt *

    * RoyAllenHunt *

    Looks like the sky is torn and we glimpse through to other side; a firey demise or a greener rise.

    Great image and great poem.

  • JennyMac

    JennyMac

    Simply stunning! I have loved this extinction series and I’m not sure which is my fav…. all of them I suspect!!! : )

  • arnene

    arnene

    SO nice and vibrant and lively. Oh, I am finding myself short of english words for appreciation…

  • Elizabeth Bravo

    Elizabeth Bravo

    What an awesome painting…..I love that you put the images up with the progression of your work. Really helps one to visualize the process. Wonderful depth of color.

  • Globalphotos

    Globalphotos

    Stunning, intense, so beautiful, will sit and stare :-)))

  • CapturedByKylie

    CapturedByKylie

    A big congratulations on having your work featured on the Red Bubble Home Page. September 7th 2009.

  • kafka replied

    Thank you Kylie! – It was a lovely suprise to log on tonight and see it featured and all of these wonderful comments from everyone!:-)))
    Big thank you to the person who chose it – the whole page is just stunning with some incredible images – really pleased to be a part of it!

  • Marion Cullen

    Marion Cullen

    Great to see this on home page, congratulations!

  • kafka replied

    Thank you Marion!

  • Dareimages

    Dareimages

    CONGRATS ON HOMEPAGE

  • kafka replied

    Thank you too Dareimages!

  • ivana cutura

    ivana cutura

    I love it :)))

  • kafka replied

    Hi Ivana!- thank you for your lovely comment…......x

  • brisdon

    brisdon

    Hello Kafka, What can I say. All of your work in one form or another is fresh and full of verve. You are an outstanding artist. Where did you go to school at?

    Baird Risdon

  • kafka replied

    Hi Baird! – thank you for your very kind comment!
    Cardiff, South Wales – studied at Cardiff College of Art way back in the 70s – been learning ever since! :-)

  • bhutch7

    bhutch7

    From the trough of a towering wave …...... powerful image and words.

  • kafka replied

    Thank you Bhutch! – my good friend CC Arsharga is an outstanding poet and this work owes a lot to him and his incredible poetry

  • whalegeek

    whalegeek

    Hey, whales rule and so does your abstract art. I like your vision.

  • kafka replied

    Thank you Whalegeek! – this painting has your name on it! :-)

  • fesseldreg

    fesseldreg

    Looks fantastic on the front page! Congratulations! :)

  • kafka replied

    Thank you fesseldreg (you lovely person of immaculate taste:-)
    total, but lovely surprise!......x

  • joan warburton

    joan warburton

    Congratulations on being chosen for the home page. Very well deserved!

  • kafka replied

    Thank you Joan! (x) – does this mean the establishment have finally accepted me!? :-)))......Mufa will totally rub my nose in it now – this was the first version that he liked best! (which I painted over)

  • Lynne Haselden

    Lynne Haselden

    Stunning! Words fail me….............

  • Mary Campbell

    Mary Campbell

    Yes the inspirational poem is very compelling, I do like your resulting work alot. Congrats on making it to the homepage.

  • Marilyn Brown

    Marilyn Browncommunity host

    Oh well done Kafka!
    Your painting looks brilliant on the homepage!

  • sovaira

    sovaira

    awesome image
    seems like glass cracked

  • Sanne Thijs

    Sanne Thijs

    Congrats on the homepage from 7/09/2009

  • Marilyn Brown

    Marilyn Browncommunity host

    A fantastic painting. Did you know that this work has been featured here.
    Well Done!

  • kafka replied

    No, I missed it! – it gets about a bit (like me:-)
    Thank you M …..x

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