Chagall - I and the Village (1911)

A scene captured, a significance created
A medium to be tried, a moment to be tricked, to be tracked
These figures fractioned, these dependencies discovered
As a life settled, as a lingering signified
Here the colors control, the forms configure
The composition shows, the relations shout
The village depicts, the labor describes
The ways of the shadows, the wanderings of the scenes
The developed picture, the discovered presence
The devoted farmers, the driven upkeep
And a captured essence, a collaborated event

Poem by Julian Baslyk
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Kandinsky - Composition 8 (1923)

A line to foresee, a motion collaborated
An essence held, a picture controlled
These fields of color, this forging of shape
This envelope of an environment, this contained contraption
As a form develops, as a figure upheld
A majestic coloring, a meaningful concept
A world of might, a wandering of motions
For the artist has invented, for the applications have been diverted
As a structured form, as a significant faction
A created painting, a constructed platform
To move, to be moved, to be mastered
To merge, to be motioned, to be a might
Here the paints applied, the work to be seen
Here the brush to perform, the strokes to play, to please
As the past is observed, as the present is obligated
The history in action, the heightened acquirements
The compositions once developed, the famous once devoted
And the ways once worked, the worthy, the welcomed

Poem by Julian Baslyk
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@j.baslykart