July Flying Carpet 2024

 In July
The Flying Carpet
peeked through
a square keyhole
at Rieke Studios

and saw details of:

assemblage

 

 

Bundles

 

Collages

 

Journals

Photographs

Books

GAIL RIEKE
+ & -
an exhibition
at Rieke Studios
Santa Fe, New Mexico

August 1-31 2024
by appointment only

gail@riekestudios.com

June Flying Carpet 2024

 In June
The Flying Carpet

glimmers with Solstice Light

Light sings the morning

into being

like Orpheus

Looking out your window
greeting the dawn

Travel far away
and stare in reverence

Apertures open and close
light filters through

shimmers patterns

Shines inexplicably

May Flying Carpet 2024

In May
The Flying Carpet 

was a GRANDMA (!)

and flew
over snow capped mountains
to Denver

To celebrate
Fabulous High School Graduate
RACINE RIEKE

A  journey to
La Piñateria La Fiesta
was truly a highlight

The celebratory piñata
was purchased

hung, batted

and destroyed

and much Fiesta occurred!!!

 

Special THANKS
and CONGRATULATIONS
to RACINE*

*photo by PAM  RIEKE
flowers sent by AUNTIE KAREN

PAMELA, their fantastic MOM

and DANIEL and KELLY...

DAD and VERY SPECIAL LADY

March-April Flying Carpet 2024

 In late March  and early April 

The Flying Carpet 

perceived 

Sacred Geometry in Japan

 

Himeji Castle
White Crane Soars
struck awesome

Kurashiki
Subtle gradations
Kura tiles 

paint abstractions

Uchiko
misty juxtapositions 

& birdsongs
a turtle swims infinite waves
above empty streets

Uchiko Honhaga Residence Garden
lichen zig zag shuffle

pine needles play catch
with raindrops

Kyoto Daikakuji Temple
a riot of cherry blossoms

Matsuyama
Dogo Onsen
Egret and Dragon
1,000 years Spirited Away

Kyoto Tofukuji Temple
dry water droplets
concentric sand circles

sunlight scores fissures

my dreams of peace
my dreams of return  

Special thanks to The Ninjas 

Sialia and Jacob

February Flying Carpet 2024

 In February
The Flying Carpet
watched
The Parade of Spring

 

The precocious snowdrops

The unlocked crocus
with bees
delirious and purposeful

The brave hellebores

The awaiting clematis

The shivering prickly pears

The streaming yellow daffodils

But also the snow bending tulips!

Special thanks
to Daniel for his expertise
and his patience

and Sialia
for her gifts
and her garden

January Flying Carpet 2024

In January
The Flying Carpet
Glided slowly through
a white world

crystalline, silent, transitory

soaring between the snowflakes

sharp and soft

a time of peace
in this shrouded world

and sudden red