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Just because...

Behind the scenes

Obviously, there doesn't really need to be a reason for putting up an image as dazzling as this, but: today is National Poetry Day. 

Bill Manhire, whose poem inspired this work, once said: 'Mystery is the big thing. If poets aren't exploring their way forward into mystery, they might as well give up completely.' Poets. Painters. Sounds about right.

Ralph Hotere Dawn/Water Poem 1986. Acrylic on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased with assistance from the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, 1986. Reproduced courtesy of Ralph Hotere

Ralph Hotere Dawn/Water Poem 1986. Acrylic on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased with assistance from the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, 1986. Reproduced courtesy of Ralph Hotere