Looking After Looking Afar

 “Odd and Astonishing” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Odd and astonishing  emerging into the light of history  as the land between the rivers  from the earliest beginnings  of cultural and artistic traditions  at the confluence of kinship in mud brick…

 “A Has Been” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  A has been now largely forgotten  revealed via archeology  as calculated imagination  from what had gone long before  having performed off-hand challenging tasks  eyes fastened on the past…

 “Matter-of-Factly” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Matter-of-factly hidden by a hat  as symbolic status causing scandals  brushstrokes on a canvas  made up of on-the-spot patches  set within detached rectangles years after …

 “Somewhat Shadowy” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Somewhat shadowy awkward necessity  splendid individuality reflected in mirrors with microscopic precision in florid lettering  recapturing half shadows of enraptured colored statues …

 “Rational and Humane” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Rational and humane engravings  right hands raised in praise over generations designated as closely related civilizations  portrayed in angular shapes of sophistication  porticoes staircases stone chambers great doorways …

 “Direct Links” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Direct links in movable pictures  complied in motifs of various scenes  to extraordinary degrees of airy atmospheres in great friezes of mystery green against red separated by strips of black  painted on glass covered by masks …

 “Looking Back” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Looking back fairly scattered large crowds making the rounds played down thought out  organically rationally altered plans  classical in detail steeped in abstraction  praying before statues wafting into thin air …

 “At First Glance” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  At first glance variations in scale  flat bodies columnar necks oval faces over generations narrowly defined disciplined refinement  derived via prophecies of faith  discovered within the archeological remains  dated from earlier phases  as far back as the Old Stone Age …

 “Having Their Likenesses” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Having their likenesses  carved and painted  like the ancients staring straight ahead  arms bent over chests  eyes being met  in three dimensions  looking alive  shining quartz eyes …

 “Unparalleled” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Unparalleled angular patterns  fleshy elastic commanding  unexampled unsurpassed  vigorous figures individualistic spirits  beyond description in miniature …

 “ Linked to Our Predecessors ” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán   Linked to our predecessors  if only by ideas effectively  enduring as bronze statuettes   and portrait busts radiating  warmth and individuality  widely practiced established  habits of humanity and artistry  evolving as astonishing  carvings in marble …

 “Almost Continuously” by Suzán Jiván Mom  & Mom-Mom Suzán  Almost continuously   rendered in the round   with distinctive character  glorifying power standing out  yet ever-so-briefly flowering  in between stone slabs  within thousands of ornamental bands   as bulls and dragons   put on the map as nomads  seen over vast areas  of expansion via ancestors   on grand scales  in labyrinthal detail …

 “Becoming More Complex” by Suzán Jiván Mom   & Mom-Mom Suzán   Becoming more complex and less festive  increasing regrets recorded deaths  by the hands of destiny and reflection   plus a new presence among unsettling legends   over centuries of intense questionings of intersecting heritages with dramatic suddenness…

 “ An Artistic Kinship ” by Suzán Jiván Mom &  Mom-Mom Suzán   An artistic kinship  interior likenesses  roles of light   deep pools of space windows doorways   screen-like lightness  linked simplicity  immediacy prestige  new eras …

“ Hardly Leaving a Trace ” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Hardly leaving a trace  of the most important remains  reaching back to the Old Stone Age ’s distinctive shapes as oval shields of a face  justly famous arms upraised  in communication with the greater  hero’s embrace outweighing ancestral fables …

“The Sublime” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán The sublime the mountains and the seas in large pictures linked with literary themes   at times becoming unrecognizable  as seething violence and ultimate defeat  due to fallacies seen like tinted steam …

“ Everyday Life ” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Everyday life awe-inspiring  greater variety bases of the sublime still lifes’ see-through curtains of time as delightful reminders of cool clear light …

 “Of Particular Interest” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán   Of particular interest within the realm of the living  uncertainty destiny endless legacies of citizenry   columns facades of confidence   hostility vulnerability   concealed complexities   hinting at history …

 “ Extending Our Way ” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán  Extending our way continuing the debate  by its very nature involving imagination and heightened sensations waxing and waning   as histories in the making…

“ Chipping Away ” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán Chipping away shaping shrinking  spearing darting placed on top  gaining traction seeing magic as if by chance hunting gathering settling down …