LADY JULIET V ~ PURE SILK POET
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the perfumer's bed

10/17/2016

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Olive blossom copper leaf silkscreen motif embellished onto 100% silk velvet hand-coloured in pure botanical inks by one of America's premier artisans. One meter is worth $570
‘The Perfumer’s Bed’
 
 
Covered by well‐worn linen, the feather filled mattress rests in soft
coolness. Layers of quilted silk coloured like the shimmering late
afternoon light are drawn across the bed’s length.
The sky pours into the room.
 
The perfumer’s bed, with tousled sheets of love, absorbs the skin’s
aroma, the musky excursions and the salty tears of loss. The day’s
journey, thoughts unsaid and desires of the heart
all unfold from naked limbs.
 
Nearby a glowing copper covered table holds an astonishing
collection: tempered notes of nature ~ cardamon, juniper berry, elemi,
rhododendron, mimosa, kewda, jasmin, tuberose, pomegranate, ginger
lily, frankincense, peru balsam, oakmoss and ambergris stand amidst
many more. All refined to essence form. Mixtures of ideas blended on
the copper surface. Written in restless repose are powerful fragments
from a bare slumber. Ephemeral, sensual notes shaped by their aromatic
character. The essences recall visions of mesmerizing heat, meadowlark
song, lashing rain and earthly kingdoms. They chant of half‐forgotten
places, far flung Arabian souks and spice trader’s perils.
Nourished, cherished, plucked, distilled, poured and jostled,
the fragrant liquid to its destiny moves.
 
Sentir: to feel, to touch, to smell. The scent of amber, violet, pink
lotus, and blood orange infuse the slanting phrase of a poem and the
song of the sun. Perfumes travel on the skin of my wrists. They sink into
my psyche. Perfumes witness my inner world and illustrate my story.
Becoming one with the perfume, I am an elixir, an intoxicated film of
archeology, intrigue, betrayal, passion and memory. The extent of my
day’s worth is the sillage in the air above the perfumer’s bed.
 
 
 © Juliet Valmont
 
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Mapmakers gather details....

10/14/2016

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'Mapmakers gather details'

Measurements, records, journals & drawings of those who travel
those who live dangerously untethered from known quantity
exploring land, sea & sky forming places within
by allowing geographic elements to saturate their lives
 
It is written when the traveller starts a journey
their heart takes the shape of a sunstar
A phosphorescent compass ~ lapis solaris
Mapping invisible strength of wind & current
 
Her Sun is a mirror
A transparent liquid metallic globe highlighting the universal sequence
An eye looks through the sun
Maximizing the only view
An ever present now

 
Our sky’s luminous thoughts gaze on an open hearted scene
~ a contextual contrast
Ephemeral as the sweet caressing breath of God
 
It is written the scent of eternité is composed of boronia (a South Sea flower)
lime, Arabic incense, cyprus, spikenard, olive oil,
All the oils which anoint the body of the risen Christ
This perfume traces the soul
A clear gleaming map
unfurled
next to the celestial sea
Ocean salt melted with fervent heat
Creates the thinnest edge of a sky blue looking glass
 
Mapmakers incandescent thoughts move stylus on black wax
Vintage poets dancing words, scrolling pathways
feathers or sharpened points
which side takes ink best
 
Every map a window where a symphony is seen
A tubereuse & mother of pearl inlay blossom
Recounting revelations onto tiny thin gold fruit
Adorning the mapmakers fingertips   
 
It is written the voice of a map is the sound of a shooting star
tesoro, my darling, my silent heaven
when the light shimmers like wings of the morning
on the outermost parts of the sea
divine the hidden treasure
beautifully revealed ~
The kingdom is at hand
 
Mapmakers gather details…


(c)2015 Juliet Valmont

 


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