Speed of Life

Gregg Chadwick A Body of Sound 30"x22" monotype on paper Courtesy the Julie Nester Gallery The writer Farouq Salloum recently sent me a poem inspired by my artwork The Body of Sound . Mr. Salloum's lilting words swirl and fix a passing image. The poem is posted below in the original arabic version and is followed by the english translation by Farouq Salloum. Thank you Farouq! من اسئلة الجسد والوساوس من زهرة الشهوات على وسادة السرير من زخارف الكلمات على رنين هواتفك حيث اتوهم انك تحتويني .. اتوهم انني احتويك انثى هابطه من جحيم اللذائذ وآدم حائر في ندم ايامه على الأرض هو عطرك الذي يملأ المكان كأنك هنا دائما نعيد ترف وحدتنا بالفصول .. بالجسد الحاني .. وبالغناء * A body of sound جسد الصوت لوحة Gregg Chadwick By: Farouq Salloum A Body of Sound -by Farouq Salloum You spring up from the magic space of my forest from the Questions of body and whispers from the flower of desires on the pillow from the ornementation of words on your phones calls as an Illusion where you comprise me ...

Gregg Chadwick The Road to Mandalay 40"x30" oil on linen 2007 Gregg Chadwick's new exhibit "Passports From the Realm" opens January 4, 2008 at the Julie Nester Gallery in Park City, Utah. "In old Arabic poetry love, song, blood and travel appear as four basic desires of the human heart and the only effective means against our fear of death. Thus travel is elevated to the dignity of the elementary needs of humankind." - Czeslaw Milosz on the poetry of travel Movement, travel and pilgrimage are themes of the 21st Century that often appear in my paintings. Travel can involve a physical relocation or it can exist in the realm of the senses. Recently I attended "A Gathering of Hearts Illuminating Compassion," an interfaith meeting in San Francisco. The Dalai Lama was the keynote speaker at the event. He entered the packed hall, briskly moved up the center aisle, but stopped briefly to greet an elderly Tibetan woman a few feet from where I was sea...

Gregg Chadwick "The Saffron Road" 40"x90" oil on linen 2007