Venice masks

Monday 19 September 2022

Seeing - Teweiariki Teaero

anybody
can look
but artists
‘see’

when artists
look at a flower
listening to the meria
they see inside the flower
hear what it says
listen to its song
and respond with love

when artists sing
we hear the spirit of the song
the harmony and fusion
uniting artist with song
making melodious love

when artists create
they pluck images from deep sources
weaving them into metaphors
honey on the tongue
the sound of te itibwerere
harmonious embraces

Teweiariki Teaero (20th century) Kiribati
Source: Waa in Storms, Teweiariki Teaero, Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, 2004

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