THESE WORDS
DO NOT WANT TO INTERFERE.
THEY FEAR EXPLANATION
AND THE NERVE TO BE YOUR EYES.
LET THEM BE
AN INVITATION
FROM THE ARTIST
TO ENTER A VENTURE
TAKE A JOURNEY
INTO THE ENGAGING WORLD
CREATED BY HIS SECRET IMAGINING
AS HIS EYE AND MIND HAVE CONJURED
WHEN THEY DECIDED TO MAKE
A WORLD FRESH AND NEW FOR THOSE
WHO FEEL THE URGENCY TO DISCOVER,
TO BE SURPRISED - TO MOVE SILENTLY
INTO THE VISION OF DEEPER LOOKING
THAN THE QUICK UNNOTICED LOOKING 'AT'
THAT PUSHES OUR THOUGHTLESS ENERGY
TO NO NEW PONDERING HORIZON.

FOLLOW YOUR OWN MINDFUL EYE
AS YOUR EMBODIED SOUL
MAY PAUSE, WONDER, SEARCH-
OR SIMPLY GAZE
TO MEET THE ARTIST'S HEIGHT AND DEPTH.
THERE IS THE ENERGY OF MOVEMENT IN THESE
SEEMING STILL REPETITIONS OF FAMILIAR SIGHTS
AS THE BODIES MOVE CHOREOGRAPHING
MANY NUANCES OF OUR HOPE AND FEARS.
THERE IS A FULL VIBRANT HONESTY
IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF OUR
LIVING SPACE MIXED AS IT ALWAYS IS
WITH THE CRUCIAL INTENSITY OF THE MOMENTS,
HOURS AND LIFELONG SEARCH FOR NEEDED INSIGHT.
SO GAZE AND MEET THIS ELOQUENT WORLD
FILLED AS IT IS WITH A MANIFOLD OF
LIFE-FILLED POSSIBILITIES.

Dr. Richard Kalter
January 2004
Dr. Richard Kalter is Philosopher/Theologian In-Residence at the Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, Maryland

figure drawings are untitled and all are 44 1/2" x 30" except where noted

all works are on paper