Tony Chad is a poet and musician living in Whiteman’s Valley, Upper Hutt, where he endeavours to find the best balance of paid employment, the arts and a subsistence lifestyle. He particularly enjoys Guinness and strawberries - but not together!
Mastering the Arts
Using Micronesian navigational techniques
it is possible to circumnavigate your world
Have Faith…. says the tutor
1 and 3 in
3 and 1 out…. adds the ex-fireman
light to dark ….light to dark
the paint turns
to blood
as the student
rubs & rubs
bring the black forward
black scraps
of paper
rain down
horizontality
versus
verticality
abstraction is a language
it’s not about decoration
it’s the way we sight something
light to dark
bring the black forward
each shell is an island
each cane is a current
plan for a journey
