From adoption to eternity, Larry Levy takes us on a guided tour. His protagonist, like an observer in a museum, moves from room to room, painting to painting. Six chapters, six exhibitions. Each motif sets the stage with a mantra and a foreshadowing of what will follow. The improvisational jam at the end of each section provides catharsis; a movement away from poetic structure and the confines of determinism. Art, and particularly music, are analyzed and given elevated status; a link to the eternal. The poems within are ...
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From adoption to eternity, Larry Levy takes us on a guided tour. His protagonist, like an observer in a museum, moves from room to room, painting to painting. Six chapters, six exhibitions. Each motif sets the stage with a mantra and a foreshadowing of what will follow. The improvisational jam at the end of each section provides catharsis; a movement away from poetic structure and the confines of determinism. Art, and particularly music, are analyzed and given elevated status; a link to the eternal. The poems within are written in various styles and forms. The reader is rewarded by the confluence of passion and love wrapped in the cloak of dark humor and language.
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