A Bigger Splash
A Bigger Splash © David Hockney (1967)
Best Interpretation: “Must have been you there, dived-in and disappeared. Must have been you there, the water abloom in sparks, the day around you so smooth, the two palms requesting of the weather a little lean-to, the clean lines of building and board, the burn-in in memory mostly Grecian blue, purest white nd the stab at the foreground of yellow. Must have been you once, hitting the surface knifely & lean, breaking through with such ease–my better bright, my electic eel, my slender saviour, you there crashing through, water geysering where you’d been and lightning in your wake.” -S. Kartsonis
Issue Jun 2007
Pop Art
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Must have been you there, dived-in and disappeared. Must have been you there, the water abloom in sparks, the day around you so smooth, the two palms requesting of the weather a little lean-to, the clean lines of building and board, the burn-in in memory mostly Grecian blue, purest white nd the stab at the foreground of yellow. Must have been you once, hitting the surface knifely & lean, breaking through with such ease–my better bright, my electic eel, my slender saviour, you there crashing through, water geysering where you’d been and lightning in your wake.
Air–water. Suffocation–drowning.
The harsh lines of the building, windows, chair, diving board and trees–the heavy blueness of the sky–the unremitting brightness–all combine to create an atmosphere of blinding, suffocating blankness. There is no relief, no air, no blessed shade here. The only option is to dive into the cool blue water–to disappear, and to be surrounded by soothing wetness.
But there’s no air here either–how to breathe?
Air–water. Suffocation–drowning. What do you choose?
Someone just did a big poo in the pool.
Great work! I love it!