Inner Piece

(for Jill Lawson)

.

.

Her wheel does not

spin the clay

to forms unseen

unknown

Her hand holds no

sculptor's blade

that turns to etch away

the solid stone

In her territory she's

one with the machine

knows its fickle reiterations

unreal numbers

dreams

Each part broken off

fractured and reflecting

an inner piece

There's a wondrous roundness

of form

each pixel a sharp knife

reflected from

imaginary surfaces

digging deep into the

mathematical imagination

where we all stand alone

She gathers the figures to herself

For us she sorts

changes

discards

The ones that strike her beauty

she gives

and from her artistic gifts

we become prime viewers

and in our privacy of viewing

more alive

and living

.

Carlyle Miller

07/25/99

written for Jill Lawson

whose fractal art inspires so many

Thank you Jill.

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Carlyle has written several poems which were inspired by the work of fractal artists. To read those go to LESSONS OF LIGHT and to see his fractals and much more go visit him at

Link to Carlyle's site

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