In That Luminous Darkness: Selected Poems by Vicente Pascual Rodrigo

This posthumous collection of poems by the renowned Spanishpainter Vicente Pascual may be considered a revelation of the"secret" of his craft. We discover that at the heart of his acclaimed paintings lies a musicality inextricably bound to "the good wine" of mystical insight. In Vicente's poems, which have been translated lovingly and painstakingly by his close friends and colleagues, and which are here published with the original Spanish, we are given therare gift of a clear, timeless voice articulating the essence of perennialand universal metaphysics. Life, death, and love intertwine playfullyin his verse, blending like living colours on a canvas, drawing thereader into the contemplative heart shared by poetry and the visualarts