Of the Moment by Patrick Osada
Arts Richmond
Online - 28 September 2020

“The distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”
– Albert Einstein
How does a skilful artist capture now?
Moments of inspiration soon decay,
the freshness of those visions lost to time,
each line or brush-stroke made from yesterdays.
The camera’s no better trapping now,
the whirr of motor drives is like a clock,
with every click an image sets in time –
each freshly captured now in history’s locked.
Recording on real-time CCTV,
the ever-changing present fills the screen,
but when the set goes blank we know the cause:
it’s time’s persistent ghost in the machine.
from ABOUT TIME, the 2019 anthology of shortlisted entries from The Roger McGough Poetry Prize. Copies of this Anthology can be purchased for £5 including P&P from Arts Richmond.
Of the Moment by Patrick Osada
Talking Lockdown
Arts Richmond has organised a series of short Zoom talks from representatives of the arts and media.
Wednesday 12 May 2021 at 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
The Roger McGough Annual Poetry Prize 2020
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