Theseus
In and Out
By: Charles Giuliano - Oct 26, 2015
Theseus
Down the rabbit hole
Into the labyrinth
Digging ever deeper
Pursuing
The scholar
The expert keeps digging
Exploring the archives
Reading letters and diaries
Years in shaping
Into thesis and books
Seeing the shadows
Light from behind
Shifting illusions
Challenges for understanding
Critics disengage
Come up for air
See the light of day
Harsh reality
Move on to other
Projects and reviews
Like actors
Taking on deep roles
Leaving something
Lost on stage
Caves of self discovery
Again depth charging
First the exhibition
Examined at close range
Absorbing impressions
Fixing images
Ever more cluttered
Kaleidoscopes of
Collected memory
Cubist inscapes
Finding new facets
Sifting fragments
Reading catalogues
Critical essays
Suggesting directions
Brilliance of others
Gyroscope of evaluations
Trying to stay stable
The eventual writing
Binding fragmentation
Making sense of
Elusive ephemera
Quickly evaporated
In the thick of
Fevered engagement
Objects or performances
Intense and vivid
Loss and gain
Seeking relief and distractions
Back to the mundane
Decompression
Ritual slaughter
Emerging with
Severed head
Snake haired Medusa
Until the next time
More Humpty Dumpty
Falling off the wall
Of self