Peter van Straten

Bursting into birds

I dream for you of the day / When your joy is no longer deferred / When you finally emerge from your maze / The day that you burst into birds. Oil on canvas 120cm x 90cm

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Faith in transformation

If I jump into transformation, will I fall or fly / Remember that even the brave feel this question, before they take to the sky

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The sovereign land

How nice it would be, being ungoverned / Like some floating, sovereign land / No longer having to dance to a beat / That your feet just don’t understand. Oil on canvas, 120cm x 90cm

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The sovereign land (detail)

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The guru and the wave

We will try to stop time / With medicine, science or trance / But nature adors her cycles / And time is her partner in dance

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The laughing flame

The divine is everywhere manifest / Though God likes to hide from us humans / But if you happen to meet It / Do compliment Its divine sense of humour

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A love deserved

When you finally discover / The joy of selfhood’s charms / the Other you desire / Will fall straight into your arms

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There’s always someone, somewhere, at peace.

Imagine a book, a friend, a beautiful day / Sometimes that’s all the paintbrush needs to say

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First flight

Oh do stay in touch with the original you / So excitable, so light / Don’t go mistaking challenges for burdens / And become too heavy for flight

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The grateful glimpse – an interview with Peter van Straten

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