CECI N’EST PAS PARIS – Alden Marin
Posted: March 15, 2012 Filed under: Alden Marin, BRASS TACKS PRESS | Tags: alden marin, artwork, ink, pen and paper, poetry, venice beach, venice CA Leave a commentCECI N’EST PAS PARIS
At twilight, we saw Paris
at Rose and Lincoln
in his red Mustang, turning left–
across from the Tasty Goody
but he wasn’t savoring
their famous Yang Chow rice
or garlic chicken just yet;
artfully puffing a cigarette
looking to the western sky–
preoccupied with the appearance
of Venus and Mars, their nearness
undoubtedly–with his window down
and one arm out–he also sees
the last lavender from the setting sun at seven
and considers purple & magenta
perfect colors for his next work
about cherubic, smiling children…
or a surrealist trompe l’oeil
at the elegant restaurant
that trusts him with its walls–
the look he imparts of time and life—
of croissants, eggs and the
Magritte pipe—“Ceci n’est pas Paris…”
at Rose and Lincoln–
but yes, it is–
before he disappears, like Houdini might
into Venice–with his enigmatic smile;
a world of paint—
and compelling images on his mind….
Alden Marin ‘Counting’, pen on paper 6″x6″, 2011