My interpretation of “The Block”
New York, Harlem’s Renaissance City
Colorful, dark fill us with your imagination
Tall majestic buildings, rectangular in shape
Captivate your people
Roads black as night, streets dim not bright
Cars move in sporadic fashion
People busy, so much to do
No reflection seen in their faces
Angles cascade down a building
Lead the way to Heaven’s door
People in awe, gaze helplessly
Children play, a funeral, a church, a homeless man
Vibrant colors, collage of pictures, drawings and patterns
Overlapping plane shapes, move in and out
Irregular shaped buildings engulf its inhabitants
People made of cut outs, depict their plight
Darkened windows, entrance ways to their lives
Faceless pallbearers carrying, one - who is now past
Religious motif, singing, shouting, mourning and crying
New York City, Harlem’s Renaissance City
Colorful, dark fill us with your imagination
Tall majestic buildings, rectangular in shape
Captivate your people
Roads black as night, streets dim not bright
Cars move in sporadic fashion
People busy, so much to do
No reflection seen in their faces
Angles cascade down a building
Lead the way to Heaven’s door
People in awe, gaze helplessly
Children play, a funeral, a church, a homeless man
Vibrant colors, collage of pictures, drawings and patterns
Overlapping plane shapes, move in and out
Irregular shaped buildings engulf its inhabitants
People made of cut outs, depict their plight
Darkened windows, entrance ways to their lives
Faceless pallbearers carrying, one - who is now past
Religious motif, singing, shouting, mourning and crying
New York City, Harlem’s Renaissance City
posted by schapman204 at 3:07 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Samone,
There was so much for all of us to take in through the viewing of Bearden's artwork of The Block and you captured so much of it in your response. Thanks so much for sharing your interpretations with us.
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