Gaudí street tile in Barcelona
little FOUND POEMs of THREE
WORDs
stridently claim birth +
even guëll’s desk + naturalism rings chords + a gingerbread house + donations
never enough + it’s very complex + studied the pieces + completely new vocabulary
+ geometrics that combine + accepted any way + the absorbing world + a workshop
there + fairytale amidst squalor + no normal man + defies all fashion + make
more sacrifice + everything as corpus + work most enjoyable + setting in
purpose + palm trees intertwining + a horizontal cross + an absolute joy + lot
of help + was very shy + one explosive cocktail + war against authorities +
mistaken for beggar + modest neo-gothic church + and its continuation + double
twisted column + light comes in + tweaking and pulling + abilities of mind + a
great observer + interior life rich + very very eccentric + a strong character
+ slept on site + destined to complete + vaults windows columns + continuity of
lines + point to centre + make the mass + we have achieved + nature under
microscope + stones sublimation sex + genius or folly + wave stick angrily +
christian and islamic + sparked a controversy + based on twelves + light
essential element + generated by paraboloids + choosing a colour + already in
youth + religion safer ground + affection and wonder + the spiky architrave +
no one recognised + but of course + a mapping issue + the ramifications start +
light slides in + cut stone directly + history will judge + raising the money +
place piety everywhere + wonder and laughter + seaweed smothering it + pockets
of nuts + a particular geometry + ridges peaks contusions + first ellipsoid
measured + refining the structure + printed not printed + man about town +
laboratory to explain + broken by mallet + strayed into sea + three days died +
age of 60 + kilometres of lines + growing in threes + illuminated much much +
waste more time + fabulously rich industrialist + fantastically arrogant man +
no straight lines + written on tiling + its ultimate conclusion + dedicated himself
solely + drawn by hand + in special esteem + magnitude and weight + world of
surfaces + faith and mathematics + upsidedown catenary arch + salad leaves milk
+ one client god + another century yet + unique design process + two shapes
intersect + literally subtracting things + must touch it + game infinite forms
+ identity of thinking + perfect load-bearing structure + last king catalonia +
cathedral for poor + lay preacher figure + almost nothing written + challenge
for us + level of minutiae + façade of death + his invisible code + slightly
dodgy district + bones excellent columns + therefore only here + no second
invitation + saint or no + had been broken + voluptuous curve controlled + a
terrible moment + photograph of drawing + inspiring present day
little FOUND POEMs USING
THREE WORD LINES
TAKEN FROM SOUNDTRACKS OF TWO RECENT FILMS
ON ANTONI GAUDÍ:
‘GAUDÍ’ BARCELONA’ AND ‘LIQUID STONE’
Gaudí street tile in Barcelona
