Spacious
To make any room look bigger,
add a mirror. Now you have
two rooms, the mirror as glass
wall, as window. The illusion
of space counts as space.
A smaller plate makes portions
seem larger. First, we eat with
our eyes. An appetizer stimulates
the appetite by moderating hunger.
We use make-up to enhance
our features, meaning, to make
our eyes look bigger and more
open and more of the color
that they are, to exaggerate.
We make bulbs in shades like
Natural Light and Moonlight.
"The illusion / of space counts as space." Ding!
ReplyDeleteGood morning Hannah- you hit on what I have been obsessed with lately...I was thinking of adding specks of silver squares to our wall to make it look lighter and more spacious...and mirrors? what if I run into it...there is never enough space and light around... Wishing you and me a spacious week!
ReplyDeleteI always appreciate your poems about illusion and perception. I also very much like the line Bill spotlighted.
ReplyDeleteIllusions count for a lot. I agree with the above comments.
ReplyDeleteI love the movement of this poem, too.
ReplyDeleteIllusion and embellishment as a filter through which we perceive our world. Brilliant.
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