PAINTING’S TERRORISTIC IMPULSE TOWARD THE TYRANNY OF THE SIGN

Ars Poetica: Painting, Poetry, & the Subversive Necessity of Developing a Poetics

A painter & poet reflects upon the subversive power of painting.

Leo Cy Wyatt
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8 min readJan 18, 2021

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A six-by-nine foot painting that has warm colors that feel like spring morning sun on the skin & cooler autumn dusk colors.

With two duffel bags slung over my shoulders—a red one with a Toyota insignia & an unmarked…

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Leo Cy Wyatt

Leo Cy Wyatt is a painter, poet, essayist, pianist-composer, & founder of THE STOUT INDUSTRIAL CO. They in Denver, Colorado.