Essence Revealed

Capturing moments in time through line art lies at the core of humanness. Throughout time people have reached into their essence to give visual expression to what is written on their hearts and souls. Whether on a cave wall, canvas or sketch pad of the “Old Masters" painters, Renaissance copper engravings, expressionist painters, doodling on napkins or even Kindergarten art, the line remains the most basic element of artistic expression. Fear not to let your heart and soul take flight.

© Ilija Lukić 2021

Essence Revealed
(Embroidery portrait of Ilija by Melanie)

Togetherness

When people endeavor togetherness

Amid fractious debate that separates,

Then light of understanding shapes oneness 

And bonds of hope bridge dire straits.

© Ilija Lukić 2021

Togetherness

Tides Of Time

Rooted in the human heart and soul is the yearning to set afloat reminders of our humanity on the tides of time.

Set mind’s eye to first drawings on cave walls,

Which portray stories lived on tides of time.

More than flights of whimsy or careless scrawl, 

They’re part of something endless and sublime.

© Ilija Lukić 2021

Tides Of Time
(Old Rock Spring Church cemetery in Pittsboro NC USA)

Dinna Fash Yersel'

Know, slings and arrows of winter hold sway

And banish springtide with foul overcast,

Which looses sky lakes akin judgment day.

Be not annoyed, this wretchedness won’t last! 

©Ilija Lukić 2021

The title to my verse is a Scottish Gaelic turn of phrase, which has familiar echoes in resilient people throughout the world…don’t worry, be happy…and this, too, shall pass away. Our prayers go out to all suffering the ravages of recent nationwide weather calamities.

Dinna Fash Yersel'
(Flooding at Cooper's Cove on Jordan Lake NC USA)

And This, Too, Shall Pass Away

Afterlife

A walk in virgin wood gives pause to ponder last echoes of color in leaf litter. After a meaningful existence on the wheel of life, the leaves’ magnificent afterlife sheds light on embracing eternity.

Fated end draws nigh

Wheel of life spins endlessly

Light dims fear of death

© Ilija Lukić 2021

Magnificent Afterlife

The Right Stuff

Mind thirsts for knowledge

People cherish pulchritude

Life abides whimsy

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Whimsical Blues
("life imitates art" ... Oscar Wilde, 1891)

Songs Of Joy

Colorful arrays of Bracket Mushrooms favor the cool, damp woodlands north of Pittsboro NC, where they proliferate on decaying wood.

© Ilija Lukić 2021

Ode To Joy

On Cloud Nine

Treasure Trove

Beauty In Adversity

Just like rainbows after the chaos of tempests, a flood of sunlight across an amber field of grass below ominous clouds renews age-old covenants within our heart to hold dear the good that grows from adversity.

© Ilija Lukić 2021

Beauty In Adversity

Stillness Of Soul

River strums heartstrings

Life draws breath mid soft cascade

Stillness sustains soul

© Ilija Lukić 2021

Peace Of Mind
(Lower Haw River Natural Area near Bynum NC USA)