John Steil

13 Ways of Looking

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These images were inspired by the poem Thirteen Way of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens.  The images are intended only to complement, to be evocative of Stevens’ poem but, as a visual artist, I hope my linocuts add another dimension to it. 

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1: Only the Eye of the Black Bird Moves

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2: Like a Tree with 3 Black Birds
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3: Whirling in the Autumn Wind
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4: A Man & A Woman & A Bird
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5: The Beauty of Innuendos
 
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6: Icicles Filled the Long Window
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7: At the Feet of the Women
 
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8: Involved in the Inescapable Rhythms
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9: One of Many Circles
 
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10: The Sight of Black Birds
 
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11: His Black Bird Shadow
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12: The River Flows
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13: In the Cedar Limbs