Astonishing Light: Conversations I Never Had with Patrociño Barela
E. A. Mares never crossed paths with the great New Mexico sculptor Patrociño Barela, but the conversations he imagines with this gifted Taos artist (c. 1900–1964)  are uncannily vivid and persuasive. Readers of Mares's play about Padre Martínez, another historic Taoseño, know that Mares was able to channel spirits. The poet and the ghost of the sculptor, conversing like two old men at the Geronimo Lounge, find much in common. For readers unfamiliar with Barela's art, photographer Miguel Gandert and artist Frank McCulloch have contributed illustrations to bring his magnificent expressionist carvings to life.

So we begin, all languages
 
being equal.  The language of dreams,

the sinuous curves in the language

of curved wood.  The language of desire,

of music, of words moist with love. . . .

 

So we start with the wood, Patrociño,

or the word.  Our raw materials here,

in your workshop, where the pot-bellied stove

keeps out the dark and cold of winter.

Music, of words moist with love.
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Astonishing Light: Conversations I Never Had with Patrociño Barela
E. A. Mares never crossed paths with the great New Mexico sculptor Patrociño Barela, but the conversations he imagines with this gifted Taos artist (c. 1900–1964)  are uncannily vivid and persuasive. Readers of Mares's play about Padre Martínez, another historic Taoseño, know that Mares was able to channel spirits. The poet and the ghost of the sculptor, conversing like two old men at the Geronimo Lounge, find much in common. For readers unfamiliar with Barela's art, photographer Miguel Gandert and artist Frank McCulloch have contributed illustrations to bring his magnificent expressionist carvings to life.

So we begin, all languages
 
being equal.  The language of dreams,

the sinuous curves in the language

of curved wood.  The language of desire,

of music, of words moist with love. . . .

 

So we start with the wood, Patrociño,

or the word.  Our raw materials here,

in your workshop, where the pot-bellied stove

keeps out the dark and cold of winter.

Music, of words moist with love.
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Astonishing Light: Conversations I Never Had with Patrociño Barela

Astonishing Light: Conversations I Never Had with Patrociño Barela

by E.A. Mares
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Astonishing Light: Conversations I Never Had with Patrociño Barela

by E.A. Mares

Overview

E. A. Mares never crossed paths with the great New Mexico sculptor Patrociño Barela, but the conversations he imagines with this gifted Taos artist (c. 1900–1964)  are uncannily vivid and persuasive. Readers of Mares's play about Padre Martínez, another historic Taoseño, know that Mares was able to channel spirits. The poet and the ghost of the sculptor, conversing like two old men at the Geronimo Lounge, find much in common. For readers unfamiliar with Barela's art, photographer Miguel Gandert and artist Frank McCulloch have contributed illustrations to bring his magnificent expressionist carvings to life.

So we begin, all languages
 
being equal.  The language of dreams,

the sinuous curves in the language

of curved wood.  The language of desire,

of music, of words moist with love. . . .

 

So we start with the wood, Patrociño,

or the word.  Our raw materials here,

in your workshop, where the pot-bellied stove

keeps out the dark and cold of winter.

Music, of words moist with love.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826349651
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 03/01/2022
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 72
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

E. A. Tony Mares (1938-2015) was a poet, playwright, essayist, fiction writer, and historian born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is the author of The Unicorn Poem and Flowers and Songs of Sorrow, With the Eyes of a Raptor, and Astonishing Light: Conversations I Never Had with Patrociño Barela (UNM Press).
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