Languid Lady Lepidoptera

The Languid Lady Lepidoptera

The Languid Lady   Lepidoptera  was   Indeed     in need of    a shave

Hairy Scary   Hirsute  as she was

Her    gown was inflated with    somnambulant  moths

Just   Imagine   the   pep peppery  sound

  of  a mill ion     purr purr r  snor ing       moths

So what do     moths in a frock         smell like 

a hint of hirsute      moth like mists    and     Stir fried  Anticipation

of   a mysterious rent    in the mother   moth   frock

in fly the moths    two by two     inner antennae linked

frilly    formative    flying

Bobby Howlers    One  and   All      and      Tall   for None

The Click clock moths were almost to blame for the tick tock tickle

of fur laden wings

the fascination of antennae as a device to tickle so beloved of

dear   Rudolf II      Holy Roman Emperor   Moth Fancier

Editors Note : 

bob howler moth is a slang Brummie word for big hairy moths

Probably The Privet moth   England’s  largest  resident        moth

  

There is no evidence in any historical archive that Rudolf II

was interested in the ancient art of tickling

You can see more of the Cabinet of Curiosity series here

https://paulbiddle.com

Paul Biddle's Cabinet of Curiosity Portfolio in Tokyo International Foto Awards

I'm incredibly pleased to share the news that 

I have been awarded a Gold for my Cabinet of Curiosity

 Portfolio

 in the Tokyo International Foto Awards 2016 

 The exhibition will take place in Tokyo at the end of February 

2017. 

Having been fascinated with Japan's Art and Culture for many years, I would so like to go and see the exhibition.

Here is a link to the Winners page

http://tokyofotoawards.jp/winners/

Here is a link to my entry which will be exhibited in Tokyo

http://tokyofotoawards.jp/winners/zoom.php?eid=23-4050-16

About TIFA

TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS mission is to recognise, reward and expose talented photographers from around the world and introduce them to the creative community in Japan. 

The Figure Flinger

T   h e        F ig’ure        F l i n g e r   

N ever  E v e r   L i n g er   wi th

                             a  F i g u r e   F l i n g er

You  m a y well  fin d   o u t 

                                what inside out   is   actually  like

I used to be the right way around     until 

I  met   the   Shaman   Sisters  all feathered  and   frothy  and

   Van Dyke   dikkity   doodaH    DoOdaH    brown

with twitchy Bird  Beaked   Hands   a clickity  clacking

a bit   like   a    crustacean   crab  pie  in   limbo  

I even   knew    my  left    from   your right

in   those   days

The Figure Flinger

  always    remember

the right eye should never see what the left eye has seen

and b a c k   t o   f r o nt  is  not   the   new   upside   down

F l i n g s  i n   f a r   f l u n g    places   are  not

Atol Protected

S h i f t y   S h a p e   S h i f t e r s  

Shaman   Namen   what does it matter as long as he loves his mother

I   refuse to  mention   the   b’b’  Bovine  Head

let’s  just   say 

I  know   why   the  right horn got broke

One Sister has a Bovine Head

So   why   does   the Bovine   Sister   have   a special place  in her tummy  where her sister sits   and   knits

K Nit   knit  knitting

with Purl wise  fingers

Some   Say  She  knits   her  own   shadow

Knit One     P u r l   O n e      Cast   Off   a  lot

The Knitter of Shadows

Have you   ever   sMelt a    F igure      Flinger

Some smell all feathery ancient and moth eaten

like old dust smells nicer than new

Bovine and Aniline    Aromatic and Free

Skeletons and bird beaks smell like 

old ladies  face fill  powder     with the perfume removed

Big Birds Feet    just smell

and as for  dangling  limbs and medals

you have to    make up your own mind    on that

The Tree as a Young man

Editors Note :    Any   references   to reality

 are   strictly    accidental

The   Figure   Flinger is a new member of the family and you 

can see more of Paul Biddle's Cabinet of Curiosity by clicking

the link below  

Paul Biddle series The Cabinet of Curiosity

The Eye of the Potato

      Some    claim     that     The plural        of  potato

is  potatoes     now there's an  image  for you   to conjure        with   

Let's    visualise        it       together like peas    in a    Pod

H ow   many   toes    do you    see

people   see   lots   of   toes   and   remember

when kids    sang        sing song

hole   in  your   sock            hole   in  your   sock

You   have    a   potato     in   your   sock

Soothsayers   say      potatoes  have  eyes

The Eye of the potato

Some   say      starchy   oval   tuber     say this in a nasally way 

      Others   say    Edible    yum   yum   


 roast them   bake   them     and   most  callous   of  all     Mash   them

   The   Beloved   potato

proud    member  of   the   nightshade   family

    should   never  be   confused   with   the   couch   potato

or   indeed     the  hot   potato    a delicate or awkward matter


You can   see   more  

of   the Paranoia of Fruit and Vegetables series by clicking the link

The Paranoia of Fruit and Vegetables

One Twelve Publishing Poignant Pics post No. 7 by Paul Biddle

I'm   very    pleased 

                         to share my post about Claude Cahun


on One Twelve Publishing    featured Poignant Pics

Poignant Pics is a blog series where Angela Chen and Blue Mitchell have asked how

a   photo  has   changed the  way     you  look  at  the   world

Here is a link to my post        

http://onetwelvepublishing.com/2016/10/poignant-pics-no-7-paul-biddle/

Claude Cahun

Over the next few weeks they are featuring the Poignant Pics of the photographers

Fran Forman    Tami Bone   Jonah Calinawan   Paul Biddle

We are in a group exhibition called 

A Cartography of Dreams

at Dimbola Museum and Galleries 

produced by

Reclaim Photography Festival

The Cartography of Dreams

I'm very pleased to be taking part in this exhibition at Dimbola Museum

Julia Margaret Camerons' former home

on the Isle of Wight

www.dimbola.co.uk

Huge thanks to Maxine Watts of Reclaim Photography Festival  who organised and made this exhibition possible 

https://reclaimphotographyfestival.org

A Cartography of Dreams

14 October 2016 - 1 January 2017

Dimbola Museum & Galleries

“Dreams are true while they last. And do we not live in dreams?” Alfred Lord Tennyson

In this exhibition, four photographers set out to answer this question posed by Alfred Lord

Tennyson some 150 years ago. Their artistic exploration maps the contours of their

dreams and imaginations—much like cartographers outlining the shorelines and mountains

of a new continent. For what are dreams, but a map to move us forward on a quest

for understanding?

And on this journey to awareness, one artist beckons with gesture and symbol to a quiet

blue world, on a search for meaning and purpose in an unknown future. While another’s

attraction to the strange and bizarre, melded with a dose of reality, creates an incongruence

that implores us to look again and again. A third artist uses colour as an emotional

springboard, moving us through visual dreamscapes that merge magic realism with surrealism,

considering complex relationships along the way. And a fourth artist looks through a

lens of hope and possibility, longing to see the unseeable and to know the unknowable. A

quartet of dreamers and explorers they are, taking us along for the ride.

Julia Margaret Cameron, in her timeless and moving work, sought to ennoble photography

by combining the real and the Ideal. It is the hope of these four photographers to honour

her legacy by creating art that encourages viewers to embark on their own expeditions,

map their own dreams, and perhaps alter their directions as a result.

This exhibition features thirty one works by four international photographers: Fran Forman,

Jonah Calinawan, Paul Biddle and Tami Bone. The exhibition is produced and curated by

Dr Rachel Tait, Dimbola Museum and Galleries, in association with Maxine Watts, Reclaim

Photography Festival. For more information about the four artists and the exhibition,

please visit:

Dimbola Museum & Galleries

www.dimbola.co.uk

Tami Bone

http://tamibone.com/

Jonah Calinawan

https://amillionsuns.com/

Fran Forman

http://www.franforman.com/

Paul Biddle

https://paulbiddle.com/

Maxine Watts

https://reclaimphotographyfestival.org/

S w a n S i s t e r s

Swan      S wan   and   Swan      3   Sis  ters 

    Cygnus Sisters    one and all

I’ve always     felt in awe   of those big white birds

 that only         a few people  are allowed to    eat 

graceful as a swan       in        seasoning      

Swan Song    Sing  a  Song      a    sixpence   

and confused         by   Phrases    like               geese are swans

geese are    N O T    swans

S w ans     i s   S  w  a n s

Swan Sisters

A S  a   c hild  I was  told swans   can break your arm

so  Those white slings kids wore  with  a broken  arm

Were  they   a   white  wing  about  to  sprout

the Swan

the    constellation Cygnus

The idiom       B Y THE sEA 

“up  the Swannee”  or       "down the swan"

This image is from my series  Cabinet  of   Curiosity

You can see more by following   this  link  to   my   website

https://paulbiddle.com