Ghost Of A Rose III ~ Open Edition

It was after a trip to MOMA in NYC that Laurence Fuller and Adam Disbrow began conversations surrounding what would become their fourth collaboration in web3 ~ spanning two years of artistic endeavours. Through that mutual pursuit of the connection between Abstract Expressionism and Poetry, The Ghost Of A Rose found it's silhouette in a fading bloom. Coming upon Monet's "Waterlilies" as they haunted the halls of MOMA's collection, they were struck by that ghostly presence of a flower's fading in a park that had deep resonance and symbolic meaning for them both. Laurence began writing the poetry on a recent trip to Lisbon where he was presenting an immersive cinematic piece at NFC Summit. While Adam was inspired to create what is perhaps among his best series of paintings thus far. After Laurence saw the paintings for the first time, he took a trip to Highgate Woods in London, where he would frequent as a little boy with his childhood friends and imagine all sorts of adventures. There he finished the poem, and took footage of bushes and flowers that he would later run through AI to create the animations that blend with Adam's paintings. The poetry performances by Laurence were recorded by sound engineer Chris Turner at Jungle Studios in Soho, London.

Plucked from patches of wallpaper, Traces of where it was, Faint silk shadows dancing down the stairs, They call him The King Maker, The portrait brought to them by ladies of the lake, That saw fate’s hands yet unfolding, There would be a great celebration, When that ghost fell faintly to his hands,

A light that quaked from distant lands, Her legs formed from stems right where she stands, Take shape and yet your secrets remain, Thorns retract to the slender base that made up her frame, First seeing her sight in the peeking light of day, Bleeding from her toes they stepped on the remnants of that shell of the rose,

I stepped closer to that furnace that steamed release to bursting, The touch of her hand that’s the first thing, The graceful kiss of her cheek, Paradise when the nettles sting.

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