Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
(assemblage with altered book)
Inspired by William Blake's "Tyger, Tyger" found
in his lyrical collection Songs of Experience (1794).
"Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forest of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"
Illustration used: Antique postcard of a tiger
Book used: Thoughts on Religion and Morality
by James Eddy, 1927.
Highlighted text: "As an infant child, awakening
in a dark night, full of affectionate instincts extends its little arms
and gropes to find its mother, who is its all in all, so through the centuries
has the human race groped to find its God; conscious that on some great
being we each and all depend for life, and for all that makes life's value."
Additional text: "For by Him were all things created
that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible...all
things were created by Him, and for Him." (Colossians 1:16)
Other materials: computer cd drive, rusted clamp
and nail, seed bead work, wire, vintage beads, carnelian chips
I especially love one of the couplets later in
Blake's poem:
"Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the Lamb make thee?"
The answer to both questions is "yes"...and He
smiles to see you also. |