jenright Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 A turban-wearing girlWith an earring made of pearlLooks out with shining eyesWith a glance of sweet surpriseAs if she's glad you're thereAnd you wonder if her hairWhen finally unboundCould match the beauty foundIn the sparkle of her gazeIn the glory of the raysOf sun that bathe the girlWith an earring made of pearl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 That was wonderful, John. I've always liked this painting, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenright Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 Thanks, Kat. This painting already had a book and movie named after it. So I figured it could use a poem too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 John,(Sorry I took so long getting to here - I wanted to spend some time on this in a quiet frame of mind.)I really like this idea of putting a poem with a painting. I might do one or another myself.What is interesting is that your poem draws focus to the value of the girl as a person, nature (rays) and the artist's technique. You make the pleased surprise in her glance get reflected back through reader (and viewer) - if he/she lets the poem in (internalizes it) - by highlighting all the beauty from these different sources.After going on this little mental trip, I don't think I will ever see this painting again without a pleasant kind of feeling of "Howdy, glad to see you" inside me popping up all by itself.(But do I see something furtive in her glance too? No matter, the "howdy" is now part of it all.)Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Branden Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 What a lovely tribute to the girl with the pearl earring, John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenright Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 Thank you, Michael and Barbara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Engle Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 I just want to point out that the movie is IMHO extremely well made, and intense. I think it's been showing up on Sundance.rdeTwo thumbs up. Way up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenright Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 Richard mentions the movie, so I just want to say that it is filmed so that each frame looks like a Vermeer painting - luminous. I don't know how they did that, but it was a striking effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seddon Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 John, I saw this painting in person. My daughter, Ayn, and I were in Amsterdam for a week and we took a day trip to the Hague just to see this painting (and view the outside of the house Spinoza wrote the Ethics in). Your poem is a worthy addition to my enjoyment of this work. As is the movie, which I own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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