{"id":5029,"date":"2026-06-13T22:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/?p=5029"},"modified":"2026-06-13T22:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:58:12","slug":"lacma-found-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/?p=5029","title":{"rendered":"LACMA Found Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A series of poems gleaned from the wall texts at the Los Angeles County Art Museum. Each poem is based on a single wall text. The title of the poem repeats the title of the wall text (except in the first poem in which the wall text did not have a title). I formed the body of the poem by choosing one word from each line of the wall text. If the text had a paragraph separation, the poem is similarly divided into stanzas. The poem also retains the wall text’s occasional use of italics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. (Untitled)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Earth
    Time
    Expression
    Ancient
    Space
    Universal
    Gathering
    Suggest
    Archipelagos
    From
    Through
    As
    How
    And
    Human
    Elegance
    It
    Mapped
    Water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. Henri Matisse:\u00a0\u00a0La Gerbe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    One
    Commission
    Approached
    Developed
    Limitations
    Responded
    Rejected
    Which
    Final
    Shipped
    And
    Remained
    The
    It<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The
    Like
    It
    Serenity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. In This Light<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Of
    The
    Shifting
    Condition
    Experienced
    Together
    Light
    Year
    Space
    Transience<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Also
    Reflection
    Return
    Changes
    Will
    Consider
    Different<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    4. The Stuff of Alchemy:\u00a0\u00a0Plastic in Art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Essence
    Critic
    Infinite
    Pliability
    Broad
    Made
    And
    And
    Expression
    And
    Form
    In
    Experimentation
    Other
    Parts
    Promise
    Inventiveness
    Overconsumption
    Harm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    5. Car Culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Long
    Opportunity
    Are
    Speeding
    Of
    Its
    Material
    Spirit
    Blurred
    Transformed
    And
    Works
    Represent
    Risks
    Threats<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    6. Picturing the American West<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Long
    Landscape
    Staked
    Another
    Control
    And
    Frontier
    Wilderness
    Mastered
    Rather
    The
    Given
    Declared
    Persisted
    Today
    Significance
    American<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    7. Ultramodern:\u00a0\u00a0Kyoto Ceramics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Imperial
    Aristocratic
    World
    Transformative
    A
    First
    Forms
    While
    Drawing
    Radical
    Developments
    Functional
    Collectives
    Established
    Pursued
    These
    Generations
    Recognition
    Here<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    8. Blue-and-White Porcelain of East Asia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Of
    Social
    Aesthetic
    Execution
    Displayed
    Asymmetric
    Elaborate
    Links
    Evident
    Elegant
    Symbolizing
    Implements
    Among
    Patterns
    Cultures
    Artisans
    Other
    Studios
    Followed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    9. Japan:\u00a0\u00a0Living Landscapes, Flowing Waters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Has
    Literature
    Movement
    Waves
    Shifts
    Literally
    Seen
    Spaces
    Power<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Significant
    In
    Purifying
    Pathways
    Especially
    Transitions
    Beauty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    10. L.A. Printmaking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Champions
    Publishers
    And
    Surface
    impressions
    Point
    Became
    Establishment
    Advocate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Subsequently
    Proliferated
    Demonstrated
    Complemented
    And
    Thrives
    Often
    Dynamic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    11. Spanish America at the Center of the World<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Extraordinary
    Region
    Major
    Capital
    New
    And
    Filled
    Packed
    And
    Distributed
    And<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Satisfied
    Inspired
    Reflect
    Used
    Confluence
    Remarkable
    World<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    12. Textiles of the Andes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    High
    Empire
    Elites
    Rooted
    Used
    Constraints
    Bold
    Important
    Political
    Death
    Was
    Woven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    13. Navigating Pacific Asia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Navigators
    Through
    Known
    Reverence
    With
    Seashell
    Works
    Shaped
    While
    Honors
    Stick
    Guideposts
    From
    Figures
    North<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    14. Polynesia:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cOur Sea of Islands\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The
    Scattered
    Network
    Called
    Connected
    Who
    Their
    These
    Pounding
    Spread
    Continues<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Expeditions
    Such
    Introduced
    Audiences
    Explosion
    Exoticizing
    By
    Ancient<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    15. Images of the Divine in South Asia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cradle
    Which
    Shaped
    Complex
    Mediums
    Matter
    Spread
    Eventually
    Flourished
    Producing
    Deities
    Lord<\/em>
    Shiva<\/em>
    Sculpture
    Sage
    Three
    White
    Dated<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    16. The Evolution of Abstract Painting in Modern Korea<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Trace
    Centuries
    Despite
    Sensational
    Line
    Inspiration
    Representation
    Screen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Further
    Abstracted
    Minimal
    Grid
    Monochromatic
    Repeated
    Firmly
    Important<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    17. Luxury Arts of the Great Mughals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Adorned
    Wealthy
    Warriors
    Conquered
    Establishing
    Through
    Grand
    Wonders
    Opulent
    Sumptuous
    Precious
    Elegant
    Ornate
    Deadly
    Stylized
    Vegetal
    Lustrous<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    18. Persianate Arts:\u00a0\u00a0Manuscript Painting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And
    And
    And
    This
    Often
    Were
    Circulated
    Primarily
    Providing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Most
    Points
    Well
    Under
    Juxtaposed
    From
    Where
    The
    Typical
    Subtly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    19. Persianate Arts:\u00a0\u00a0The Ardabil Carpet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Perhaps
    Celebrated
    Fragile
    Onward
    Matched
    Counterpart
    To
    Reported
    Shrine
    Exceptional
    Features
    Central
    Because
    The
    Prepared
    Oversaw
    Esteemed
    This<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    20. Henri Cartier-Bresson:\u00a0\u00a0China in Tradition
    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Just
    Falling
    During
    Concentrate
    Revealed
    Angle
    Shooting
    Capture
    Figures
    Civilians
    Well
    He
    Forced
    Four
    The
    Forward
    Work
    Pioneer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    21. Ceramic Vessels of Neolithic China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    From
    And
    The
    All
    Vibrant
    Their
    Of
    In
    Anticipates
    Silk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    22.  Pan-Asian Buddhist Art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Founded
    Known
    One
    Endless
    Accumulated
    Evolved
    Path
    Introduced
    Savior
    Rituals
    Lifetime
    Across
    Revealing
    Aesthetic
    Deities
    Intricately
    Alongside
    Furniture
    Philosophies
    Repertoires<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    23. Indonesian Batiks and Cultural Exchange<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Long
    Made
    Women
    Melted
    Submerging
    Removed
    Exhibited
    Displayed
    Highlights
    Body<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Circulated
    Adapted
    Consumers
    Added
    Intangible<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    24. Shaping Dutch Identity:\u00a0\u00a0The Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carter Collection<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Newly
    Broken
    Major
    Commercial
    Extreme
    Labor
    Fueled
    Art
    From
    Homeland
    And
    Interiors
    Reveal
    World<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    First
    He
    Bequeathed
    This
    Friendship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    25. Classical Revivals in Europe and America<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Artists
    Intellectuals
    Models
    Exterior
    Left
    These
    Landscapes
    Busts
    Garments
    Fantasies
    Shaping
    Strict
    And
    Invented
    Varying
    Movements
    Popular
    Other<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    26. Grandeur in Sacred Spaces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cathedral
    Worship
    Awe
    Multisensory
    Fragrance
    Hymns
    Spanning
    This
    Nature
    Specifically
    Master
    Christ<\/em>
    Holy
    Human
    And
    Atmosphere<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    27. Print Culture:\u00a0\u00a0After Raphael<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Central
    Significance
    Through
    From
    And
    After
    Across
    His
    Their
    Innovations
    By
    Art
    Evoke
    Stories
    Schemes
    Residences
    Audiences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    28. Mediterranean Crossings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Linking
    The
    Exchange
    Fourteenth
    Eighteenth
    Layered<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Room
    Home
    Spaces
    Architectural
    Crossroads
    Centers
    Evoking
    Community<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Adjacent
    Peninsulas
    And<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    29. The Iberian World:\u00a0\u00a0From Spain to Spanish America<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Was
    The
    Through
    And
    Turning
    Into
    Composite
    Complex<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And
    Still
    Continents
    Dazzling
    Reformulate
    In
    Virgin
    Thousands
    Portrayals
    Turn
    Glimpse
    Iconic
    Space<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    30. The Ancient Mediterranean:\u00a0\u00a0Gods and Goddesses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Riotous
    Huntress
    Anchored
    Shifted
    Constant
    Everywhere
    Temples
    Homes
    Settings
    Recovered
    Incised
    And
    Integrated
    Daily<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    31. In Conversation:\u00a0\u00a0James McNeill Whistler and Japan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Foreign
    Leading
    Sparked
    Aesthetics
    Others
    How
    Which
    Flattened
    Bands
    Life
    Created
    Embracing
    Testament
    Ambience
    |Formed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    32. Responses to Industrialization:\u00a0\u00a0The Arts and Crafts Movement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Movement
    Industrialization
    Manifestations
    Championing
    Adherents
    Reluctantly
    Realized
    Machine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Production
    Resolved
    As
    Furnishings
    Factory
    Commitment
    School
    And
    Clock
    Reverence
    Brought
    Form<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    33. Labor and Leisure in the American Metropolis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Establish
    Purchased
    One
    Completed
    Overcrowded
    Generation
    Who
    Amid
    Gilded
    New
    Rapid
    Rising
    Documented
    Idealized
    Pleasures
    Escapes
    And
    Social
    Contrasts
    Working<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    34. Modernism in the Marketplace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Modernists
    Stripped
    Meant
    Traditions
    Mass
    Distribution
    Influential
    Rationalism
    And<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Both
    Advocated
    Advantage
    And
    Smooth
    Factories
    Sparkling
    Commodities
    Stylish
    Modernity
    Items<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    35. Pictorialism to Modernism in Photography<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    International
    Remained
    Desire
    Rather
    Personal
    Growing
    Concerned
    Soft
    Moody
    Sketches<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Emerged
    Celebrating
    Avoided
    Shift
    Discovering
    Selection
    Between
    Subjects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    36. The Power of Objects in West and Central Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Masks
    Mediate
    Power
    People
    Bold
    Stares
    Presence
    Priests
    Cast
    Patterns
    Flowers
    Figures
    Fertility
    Life
    Authority
    Discarded
    Honoring
    Consumption<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    37. Stonework from Mesoamerica and the Caribbean Coast

    Millions
    Collisions
    Vast
    Gems
    Depths
    Unyielding
    Ephemeral
    Into
    The
    Eccentric
    Valued
    Thought
    Essences
    To
    Laboriously
    Everlasting
    Transformation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    38.  Gandhara and Rome:  Crossroads of the Classical World<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What
    Exchange
    Hybrid
    Early
    Eastward
    Merged
    Classical
    Particularly
    Some
    Such
    Representations
    Riding
    Related
    Technically
    Pair
    Style
    Continuing
    Until<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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