In my own village, 1971
Record number
cm000042
Title
In my own village
Date
1971
Medium
charcoal
Support
paper
Dimensions
345 x 261 mm (s)
Inscriptions
Colin McCahon / August '71 (pencil, t.r.); Some first feelings for / the GATE series / John Caselberg (pencil, b.r.)
Collection
Extended inscriptions
In my own village
I think there are
More scarecrows left
Than other people
When I raised my head
There was my
Rigid body
Lying bitter cold
My very bone ends
Burn
Notes
The text in this drawing is by John Caselberg. It is one of several haiku-like poems that formed Caselberg's initial response to McCahon's request for a suitable text for The Second Gate Series.