Jeanne Poland

Postcard Promotional

20 Nov 2015 2 Comments

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Definition #312 Ants

01 Sep 2015 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Ants Tags: an army, Daniel Hoffman, every contingency, Jeanne Poland, parapetted tower, plan forseen, prodidigous lifting, pure form, The Roller Skating Ant, wet nursery of aphids

Cover: The Roller Skating Ant

Ants

by Daniel Hoffman

Theirs is a perfection of pure form.
Nobody but has his proper place and knows it.
Everything they do is functional.
Each foray in a zigzag line
Each prodigious lifting
Of thirty-two times their own weight
Each excavation into the earth’s core
Each erection
Of a crumbly parapetted tower —

None of these feats is a private pleasure,
None of them done
For the sake of the skill alone —

They’ve got a going concern down there,
A full egg-hatchery
A wet-nursery of aphids
A trained troop of maintenance engineers
Sanitation experts
A corps of hunters
And butchers
An army

A queen
Each
Is nothing without the others, each being a part
Of something greater than all of them put together
A purpose which none of them knows
Since each is only
The one thing that he does. There is
A true consistency
Toward which their actions tend.
The ants have bred and inbred to perfection.
The strains of their genes that survive survive.
Every possible contingency
Has been foreseen and written into the plan.

Nothing they do will be wrong.

“Ants” by Daniel Hoffman from Beyond Silence. © Louisiana State University Press, 2003. Reprinted with permission.

Definition #310 “100 New York Calligraphers”

30 Aug 2015 2 Comments

by jeannepoland in "100 New York Calligraphers Tags: "100 New York Calligraphers", 2015, Bob Boyajian, by Cynthia Dantzic, Jeanne Poland, NY, qslver@mhcable.com, Sept 6, SWesterlo, The Big Eye Gallery

100 New York Calligraphers
by Cynthia Dantzic

On Sept 6th, 2015

at the Big Eye Gallery

in S Westerlo, NY,

(518) 966-5833

1-4PM,

there will be a book signing and

Opening of Cynthia Dantzic’s newest book:

100 New York Calligraphers.

(Bob Boyajian and Jeanne Poland are among those featured inside)

RSVP: qslver@mhcable.com

Encompassing a wide range of calligraphy in many languages and hands, or styles, this book presents a visual treasury of works by 100 contemporary scribes, all of whom were either born in New York or studied or worked in the city. From English and its related Romance languages to a wide range of Asian and Middle Eastern alphabets and nonalphabetic characters, the more than 550 examples of beautiful writing create a rich visual smorgasbord. Traditional uses of hand-lettered calligraphy are shown, including event invitations and envelopes, certificates and awards, and quotes and sayings framed as artwork. The examples also include contemporary applications and nontraditional forms such as graffiti and experimental calligraphy that is not formed from readable characters. All are hand-wrought and human-made, using pointed or broad-edged pens, whether quill or steel, or a brush or other simple tool.

Size: 9″ x 12″ | 629 color images | 224 pp
ISBN13: 9780764348983 | Binding: hard cover