Listen to the Audio: Creation Myth

Never was the land together,
cohesive, an uninterrupted mass
of soil, rock, sand, grass
all bound in a harmonious package, leather
spread-eagled in one faultless piece.
Always were places disparate.
Sky unbroken, but land split
and ponded, rivered. Water reached
out from every fissure, issuing
lacklessly. The ground’s appendages
multiplied, fresh edges
made into shores and ocean chewing
into them eagerly. In the beginning,
this wasn’t a big problem for
people. They swam well, explored
by boat. At length, the constant crossing
of distances somehow seeped
into their bodies, their cores. They’d say,
“It can’t have always been this way,”
and dream of land gathered up in a heap.

Image Credit: Luis Rendon, “Deconstruction 4.” 2″ x 1 Oil, acrylic, joint compound, MSA gel and wax on unstretched canvas.

Luis Rendon works and resides in L.A., and received his MFA from Claremont Graduate University in May of 2010. His love for painting and experimentation has evolved over the years to include many different techniques and media. While at Claremont, Luis started working in the medium of plastics, and has created his own style of non-representational paintings. For more of his work, visit www.luisrendon.net.