Most of you know me for my rather dark surreal and abstract art features, often accompanied with melancholic and depressive music. But this doesn't mean that I'm not paying attention to other genres of art here on deviantART. That is why I like the idea of "Celebrating Diversity". It's an "out of the comfort zone" feature, so to speak.
Enjoy!
Photography
Digital Art
Traditional Art
Literature

NorthernerHis mourning song kisses
wilting flowers into life,
amaranthine
absolving sky and soul,
cathartic
The day stirs languidly
swaying against the melancholic hours
hurrying the heat into passage
so that the night can fall in love once more
and light up with his voice,
timbre familiar and yet, mystifying
weathered with sun and sea
pain and grace
He tastes of salt and honeysuckle
Knight born on the other side of Time
by deep-Sea womb
Unsleeping memories quiver
behind rapt eyes that close
in wistful nostalgia
I hear the waves call me
as he passes, leaving
his echoes of home behind
for me to revere
if only from afar.
All

Autumn BluesThe days are getting shorter
and the nights are growing cold.
I am older than my children,
but that is not so old.
I know too much to be talking,
but not enough to stop.
When a pile has a bottom,
I can see who's on top.
The Man says he will give you
something you can use -
then he builds a bigger pipeline
for pumping in the blues.
There is Samson in the temple,
tearing it down with all his might.
Or maybe that's not Samson,
just some fool who lost his sight.
A rich man by the highway
had his thumb out for a ride.
I saw him pull a gun out
when I had driven by.
Some things are made of sugar,
some things are made of mu
Previous issues of "Celebrating Diversity":
"If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear."
- Gene Roddenberry
Awesome idea to add links to the previous entries