Beneath a Midnight Sky

 “Pastoral Beauty” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Pastoral beauty swept away  earthquakes giant waves lava sprays  crashing plates mountains raised fiery landscapes regeneration…

 “Curving Outlines” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Curving outlines sharp eyes  over analyzed unrealized  admirers stark styles  unreasoning fears frightening earth and sky seen out of the corners of our eyes …

 “Spelled Out” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Spelled out summoned up  supernatural beyond comparison  disturbing worlds brooding calm melancholy hidden in a body  not easily forgotten morbid models  figures objects sudden horror…

 “Could Not Possibly” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Could not possibly borrow meaning  in denial of plausibility  neither allegory nor manifesto  as planes of the everyday  warm creamy flesh cool blacks and gray  reticence emptiness lacking in depth  strictly stencils in retrospect…

 “Overly Foreshadowed” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Overly foreshadowed  obsessive determination  surface reflections  jostling shifting at will unlimited depth  symbolic messages  extinguished candles  nightmares  limited visibility touching grief …

“Already Discussed” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Already discussed hashed out  delved into commented upon left unmoved by general attitudes  as if in a chrysalis within the limits of dissolving “isms” left out  pared down unbalanced utter anguish…

 “Set Apart” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Set apart from the merely practical  demanding the moving of mountains  on the longest day as awe-inspiring sun rises  coming-alive primitive minds in disguise …

 “An Upward Slant” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  An upward slant full impact along foot paths  of ever-changing patterns flickering patches  fiercely exaggerated walking past  bronze casts of primary reality  towering above the crowd  wrapped in shrouds of inner agony …

 “Undoubtedly” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Undoubtedly hollowed out  by a force from within  interiors exteriors  very different in appearance  as disembodied qualities  molded space from within  free space without  concave convex  positive negative  final steps …

“The Dark Passions” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  The dark passions of the human mind fear, suspicion, cruelty unbelievably real violence agony turmoil narrative relief  bright and promising joyful dignity post catastrophe seen through make -believe  illusions of coherence  remaining as puzzling as sculpted busts …

 “A Similar Sense” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  A similar sense under the influence  of apparitions in every corner of a picture  as angular figures living in a joyless existence  likened to victims with the elongated limbs  of a somnambulist in search of a chrysalis  to shelter in …

 “Entering the Scene” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Entering the scene  ever more fearful  terrifying demons benevolent spirits  souls of the deceased  perceived uncertainty  legendary ecstasy  awesome ferocity  passionate energy  haunting reality  reflective regret …

 “Something of the Same” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Something of the same accepting fate  as self-conscious preoccupation  with no escape while justifying aims like observations of nature  strange creations in blinding radiance  within the mysterious spaces  of commingling imagination …

 “Like Minded “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Like minded hypersensitive  inner experience tortured psyche  nightmarish disquietingly puppet like  topsy-turvy hindsights striking  sunlit brightness viable styles desirable  musical titles vast cycles secret lives …

 “Akin” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Akin to a trancelike rapture  stained canvas color veils  bending lines making squares  into flaming flags of rockets red glare violent details exploded into thin air …

 “Threatening” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Threatening to re-ignite  surefire snubs and surprises  missiles keep flying  over endless lying while denying being in decline  scolding allies  paying a steep price  claiming a made-up empire …

 “New Threats” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  New threats not by nature but by man himself  striving for a divine  afterlife by design strikingly surviving  along sight lines in profile while rising from the body of a lion …

 “Shaped and Reshaped” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Shaped and reshaped rekindled imagination  retaining the playful without stopping  to ponder counterparts staring through goggles larded by borrowed concepts as responses from deep within our camouflaged subconscious…

  “Airy Visions” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Airy visions tinted stream  copious studies underlying ideas  mountains the sea differing  levels of meaning apocalyptic qualities  of shockingly modern nocturnes…

 “Polite Conventions” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán   Polite conventions court portraiture   unreserved genius on par with poetry  seeing nature with a painter’s eye practicing revival in nocturnal light   undefined while in exile   acknowledging rivals  turning to violence   becoming consumed by fire …

 “I Swear!” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán   “I swear!” ripping mad   fuming angered outraged   crazed raging exasperated ranting and raving going ape …

 “The Role of the Spirit “ by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán   The role of the spirit disguising itself  with elaborate costumes and carved masks   like swans driving white whales into beds of sand  forever static even at first glance  having already passed into irrational magic …

 “ Fateful Consequences ” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Fateful consequences still felt today as the basis of the present state  relinquishing claims falling prey to invasion onslaughts of armies  dividing lines red lines hopes of paradise  likened to a triumphal eternal life …