Inspired by Music 2: DUENDE * by Val Pedrick for her mother**

Senora? Senorita?

FLAUNT

flamenco-black

FLASH

red – for danger? And white?

Admirable!

 

CASTANET

thoughts with

butterfly kisses

STRUM

staccato wing-beats

TOUCH

hand and heart

SOAR

sky-high

a Paso Doble dance of life and …

through

lingering rays of laughter

GLIMMERS

a metamorphosis

of fond memories

 

*Duende:

‘A mysterious power that everyone feels but that no philosopher has explained’ – GOETHE

‘Dismal Spanish wailings punctuated by the rattle of castanets and the clashing harmonies of the guitar’ – ALDOUS HUXLEY

‘There was absolute joy in the way he danced … The hairs began to lift along the back of my neck and arms, an electric energy passed through the audience. He had it, he had duende.’ JASON WEBSTER

 

**for Pat Plant (24.01.1920 ~ 17.06.2005) who loved Spanish guitar music and would dance in the street