Z J Galos

Broschiertes Buch

Poetry of the innermost

Book I Colour Scales of Love

Beschreibung

Poems in Book I of II were written during my trip from South Africa to Europe, on the sunny veranda of Mom's house that represented a stark contrast with its splendid natural illumination to my dark thoughts about the terminal illness of a beloved friend and talented poetess. I continued my journey to places of family and friends, in various federal states of Austria, and my heart felt heavy of flying on to Athens, Greece, where I wished to see my friend and teacher for the last time. I felt a deep compassion for the first time in my life, with last embraces and caresses, a most deep emotional experience that made me immediately take my pen and put my innermost feelings to paper.Back in Jo'burg, the message of her death kept me mourning for her for a long time. I had lost all sense for time and filled the Chinese red and black notebook she had given me as a present. The ink has dried and I wish to share my outburst of pain with all people who can relate to the pain of losing a beloved person.

Autor

Born in eastern Austria, close to the Hungarian border, he witnessed as a young man the horrors of a nation's suppression, erupting in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He finished his education in art and architecture in Vienna, married, and sailed for the Cape of Africa, an adventure that followed his childhood dreams. He had drawn African animals for his art classes, but the time had come to see them in their natural habitat. Meeting a varied facet of people and cultures, working as a draughtsman in an engineering office, as an architect for a cultural centre, he made good use of his language skills travelling throughout Southern Africa. During a trip to Lesotho, a native artist showed him rock paintings with their stark palimpsest outlines and with typified movements of animals and humans. It made a lasting impression on him and influenced his artistic work. His vast collection of drawings and slides had been lost during a change of domiciles, but further studies of the San people reawakened his dormant artistic longing for the expression of his art, filling sketchbooks with drawings and notepads with poetry and prose. While revisiting the capitals of Europe, he sensed that the bond of art being borderless and free, would reach across continents into the world. During a visit to Greece, he was accepted into a circle of artists and poets, who encouraged him to continue his art and a friend introduced him to the works of famous Greek poets. In South Africa, he joined the writing and poetry workshops of 'Writers Write'. It was to open the floodgates of his creativity. He decided to travel through Greece and visit its sites if antiquity, read up on Classical mythology, and enjoy first-class translations of Greek poetry and prose. He settled 2013/14 in Klosterneuburg-Weidling. Poet Nikolaus Lenau is buried here. Franz Kafka had visited here. Their writings will always be an inspiration.

Produktdetails

• Poetry of the Innermost 1
• Verlag: Books on Demand
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 190mm x 120mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 169g
• ISBN-13: 9783759722522
• ISBN-10: 3759722520
• Artikelnr.: 70615235