Onions (Poem - Transforming the Mental Onion)

Gears: Nikon D50 and AF-S Zoom-Nikkor ED 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX lens

Location: Pasar Payang wet market, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

Processing: Split Tone, Adobe Photoshop CS2

 

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Transforming the Mental Onion

Jul 26th, 2007 by Don Iannone

 

mind, like an onion

growing layer upon layer

each wanting to be peeled

explored

granted a reality

a wish to be more

anything transcending the layers

 

layers growing inside outward

each subsequent one larger

yet all the same, just layers

ripples on the mind’s surface water

curved lines with no beginning or end

no independent existence

never free of all else

 

in the end

just swirling circles

atop formless prima materia

seeking to become more

than an onion

in the alchemist’s flask

Done