MONDAY ARTPOST 2024-1021

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2024-1021
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Dault / Shelley Savor / Tamara Chatterjee /
Tomio Nitto / Yam Lau /
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Claw Script (2013)
Holly Lee
In the Chinese philosophical anthology Huainazi (139 B.C.), it says that “in
ancient times, when Cang Jie invented writing, Heaven rained down millet
and ghosts wailed at night”. People felt blessed and cursed at the same
time, seeing that writing had a certain power over them. China’s first writing
system - known as the Oracle Bone Inscriptions, was made up of characters
inscribed on turtle shells and animal bones. First discovered and unearthed
in the late 19th Century, the inscriptions consist primarily of records made
during divinations, sacrificial hunting, wars or natural disasters.
Chinese writing has continued to evolve. The characters’ unique, formal
beauty developed into a highly distilled art form - Chinese calligraphy. It
is through a revision of the origin of Chinese writing that I’ve come to fully
aware of the history, beauty and the cultural significance of calligraphy.
This mini series of new work did not happen by chance. When I saw the
scratches on the floor, many of them made by Suki, my cat, they conveyed
a familiar and strong feeling, almost with aesthetic qualities parallel to the
Bone Script. In a way, Suki expresses his feeling of anxiety, curiosity and
perhaps even joy and pain through these incredible markings. The Claw
Script series, as I entitled this work, serves as my playful response and
tribute to the archaic, sophisticated and spellbinding Oracle Bone Script.
(2013)

Holly Lee Claw Script series (2013)
a suite of nine photographs
17” x 22” each
Archival pigment print

Lee Ka-sing
a love poem for Holly,
after her new work -
Claw Script (2013)
看 楚 喬 近 作 貓 爪 文 想 寫 給 她 一 首 情 詩
看 你 的 近 作 貓 爪 文 想 寫 給 你 一 首 情 詩
與 火 星 人 談 情 遠 方 的 談 國 事 總 是 又 身 近 又 遙 遠
相 愛 不 及 邊 際 圓 圈 三 角 正 方 生 活 家 常 話 常
文 化 的 脈 絡 貓 的 脈 絡 它 的 縱 橫 喜 怒 哀 樂
閱 讀 每 天 閱 讀 又 總 有 奇 想 層 層 熱 烈
轉 輪 啟 動 我 說 浮 雲 變 成 文 字 你 卻 在 地 上 爪 痕 發 見 遠 年 的 激 情
比 翼 遠 流 彼 此 相 看 我 們 心 中 桃 源 鄉 間 機 械 學
2013 年 6 月 16 日
Mixed media. Size 45.5x3.5x1.5 inch

Caffeine Reveries
Shelley Savor
Autumn Drive

Poem a Week
Gary Michael Dault
Honeycomb
I dreamt
that Ezra Pound
and I
were old friends
he was wrinkled
and light
as a honeycomb
I could lift him
on one hand
I used to raise him
up to the beaded sun
while he smiled
like a dog

Sketchbook
Tomio Nitto

CHEEZ
Fiona Smyth

Leaving Taichung
Station
Bob Black
what poem could i possibly write after your death
the calendar says 2000 as the millennium gets out of bed
while language lingers over Biscayne Bay and winks
words are nowhere
we try to mop up the dog’s mess of forlorn language, a spook
instead the light balks at precision
laughs in prismatic grandeur in its loopy inaccuracy
shade instead of language sits, waves toss up their disguise
i listen for the word that is not the word
the going goes on
the chirping in the palmetto, the jet skis purr and snarl
you are not here nor there, still
a quarter of a century later
where are the words now, in a rucksage or on a wall
when I never get it right
the grammar of grief, a small sound sending
a poem’s fit into flight
once someone got it exact
[4’33]
ivory, pedal and string inundulate
I have not, yet walked out the door toward you
where you are not, waiting
then as if a small tickle she comes into me running over the sea
do I remain here or leave
then as if a small tickle she comes into me running over the sea
do I remain here or leave

Greenwood
Kai Chan
Drawing
43 xz 35 cm, acrylic paint on rice paper

Gary Michael Dault
From the Photographs,
2010-2024
From the Photographs, 2010-2024
Number 50: Wrapping Paper (Duck Mask)

The Photograph
Selected by
Kamelia Pezeshki
From Plastic Pollution series, Cut Flowers by Kamelia Pezeshki

Sushi Grass in Paradise
(Facsimile Edition)
By Holly Lee (1953-2024)
Format: 8x10 inch
480 pages
Published by OCEAN POUNDS
CAN$80.00
This book is the Facsimile Edition of the work
in fiction currently showing in an exhibition
at WMA in Hong Kong.
“Sushi Grass in Paradise” ( 壽 司 草 邊 的 天 堂 )
is a novel written by Holly Lee, with a Chinese
translation by 宋 子 江 and book design
by Lau Ching Ping.
“Her other new work is the novel Sushi Grass
in Paradise, written between 2019 and 2020.
It weaves together the mundane incidents
and events in a foreign place, including what
is in the past, the present, and the future,
creating a paradise-like earthly existence.”
(WMA)
Order from BLURB
https://www.blurb.ca/b/12147281-sushigrass-in-paradise-facsimile-edition

Night Owl Sonata (in one
movement)
By Holly Lee (1953-2024)
Format: 6x9 inch, Hardcover
152 pages
First Edition, Limited to 100 copies
Published by OCEAN POUNDS
CAN$45.00
Night Owl Sonata is a collection of 40 poemprose
pieces that reflect Holly Lee’s profound
growth as a writer. Composed during a
reflective and transformative period of her
life, these works were originally published in
MONDAY ARTPOST. The book is a testament
to Holly’s enduring creative spirit, with writing
that embodies the grace and clarity of a
seasoned artist who had reached the pinnacle
of her literary craft.
Order from BLURB
https://www.blurb.ca/b/12144767-nightowl-sonata-in-one-movement

TERRAIN, eleven. (Photographs by Lee Ka-sing, haiku by Gary Michael Dault
in response). Read this daily collaborative column at oceanpounds.com
Loss
walking towards loss
coming away from loss
the trees darken as you pass

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ARTPOST contributors
Cem Turgay lives and works as a photographer in
Turkey.
Fiona Smyth is a painter, illustrator, cartoonist and
instructor in OCAD University's Illustration Program.
For more than three decades, Smyth has made a name
for herself in the local Toronto comic scene as well as
internationally.
http://fiona-smyth.blogspot.com
Gary Michael Dault lives in Canada and is noted for
his art critics and writings. He paints and writes poetry
extensively. In 2022, OCEAN POUNDS published two
of his art notebooks in facsimile editions.
Kai Chan immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong in
the sixties. He’s a notable multi-disciplinary artist who
has exhibited widely in Canada and abroad.
www.kaichan.art
Kamelia Pezeshki is a photographer living in Toronto.
She continues to use film and alternative processes to
make photographs.
www.kamelia-pezeshki.com
Ken Lee is a poet and an architectural designer based
in Toronto. He has been composing poetry in Chinese,
and is only recently starting to experiment with writing
English poetry under the pen name, “bq”.
Lee Ka-sing, founder of OCEAN POUNDS, lives in
Toronto. He writes with images, recent work mostly
photographs in sequence, some of them were presented
in the format of a book.
www.leekasing.com
Robert Black, born in California, is an award-winning
poet and photographer currently based in Toronto.
His work often deals with themes related to language,
transformation, and disappearance.
Shelley Savor lives in Toronto. She paints and draws
with passion, focusing her theme on city life and urban
living experiences.
Tamara Chatterjee is a Toronto photographer who
travels extensively to many parts of the world.
Tomio Nitto is a noted illustrator lives in Toronto. The
sketchbook is the camera, he said.
Yam Lau, born in British Hong Kong, is an artist and
writer based in Toronto; he is currently an Associate
Professor at York University. Lau’s creative work
explores new expressions and qualities of space,
time and the image. He is represented by Christie
Contemporary.

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