Poems set to Thomas Falstad’s exhibition at Kristiansand Kunsthall by Cornelius Jakhelln.
Thomas Falstad: Triptykon
I. Triptykon
(Wood, linen, oil, varnish 2013)
Thomas Falstad: Triptykon
a
My ship emerges
From the mud
Winds of revenge
Tear the sails
Thomas Falstad: Triptykon
b
Lucifer smokes
His broken pipe
Lying in the debris
Of war or plague
Violet plants grow
Nature isn’t done
Thomas Falstad: Triptykon
c
This is Mother looking down
Feeling the city in the dark
Blares the horns of Armageddon
Bombs the gas stations
Thomas Falstad: Endless Gaze
II. Endless Gaze
(Oil on linen, 2012)
I painted the world you live in
Gave you eyes transcending the frame
Oil on canvas, the science of vision
Who needs tools for seeing?
An artist
Who gazes unaided?
A god
Thomas Falstad: Wrath
III. Wrath
(Oil on linen, 2013)
Monuments over mass murder
Rose clouds then Holocaust
Justice will descend
Thomas Falstad: Model (Diagonal)
IV. Model (Diagonal)
(Wood, oil, decking oil)
Debris girl
Chopped
In half
Thomas Falstad: Model (Diamond)
V. Model (Diamond)
(Wood, oil, decking oil)
Debris stud
Charred
Indigo
Thomas Falstad: Model (Polygon)
VI. Model (Polygon)
(Wood, oil, decking oil)
Debris mouth
Feeding on
Azure
Thomas Falstad: Arrival
VII. Arrival
(Oil on linen, 2013)
Night travel
Fallen cities
Broad strokes
Elucidating
Loss
Thomas Falstad: Spectre VI
VIII. Spectre VI
(Oil on linen, 2013)
Town of Mount Birth
Smoke after snow
Hues pink and orange
Consume the sky
Thomas Falstad: The Giant II
IX. The Giant II
(Oil on linen, 2013)
Beating the living daylights
Out of a giant’s chest
He decomposes into stone
Mountains surrounding
Thomas Falstad: Vessel
X. Vessel
(Wood, linen, oil, decking oil 2013)
The site where
Symbols crash
Eyes at home
In a wreck
Thomas Falstad: Nest
XI. Nest
(Oil on linen, 2012)
We launch our Icaruses
Wings of beeswax
Hearts of tender steel
They fall from grey fields
Thomas Falstad: Ancestral Paths
XII. Ancestral Paths
(Wood, oil, gesso, decking oil, 2013)
Time is a cross
Of oaken axes
Clouded by black
Peaks of judgement
Thomas Falstad: Scenic Solitude
XIII. Scenic Solitude
(Oil on linen, 2013)
At the workbench of the world-builder
Chiseling castles and forests
Out of marble memory
Thomas Falstad: Command
XIV. Command
(Oil on linen, 2013)
Body holding back
Masses of water
Raises a finger
Electricity in
The ether
Thomas Falstad: Katarsis
XV. Katarsis
(Oil on linen, 2013)
Broken truce
Broken promise
Walking out
Of breath
Thomas Falstad: Unknown road
XVI. Unknown Road
(Oil on wood, 2013)
We have no
Chieftain
But our will to
Conquer
Thomas Falstad: Beast within
XVII. Beast Within
(Oil on wood, 2013)
A girl of prey
Authored evil
Thomas Falstad: Lost Memories
XVIII. Lost Memories
(Oil on wood, 2013)
Our goals
Attained
Our victories
Forgotten
Thomas Falstad: Untitled
XIX. Untitled
(Oil on wood, 2013)
No barriers
Going on