Peter Hugo McClure 

Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand 

Born 19th August 1947 in Venice, Italy of Anglo/Yugoslav parents. Schooled in England with further studies in Art/Architecture. Developed a sympathy for "De Styl", "The Baus-Haus" and "The Constructivists" movements; also "Dadaism". Picasso said "There's no such thing as an abstract painting". I say "all paintings are an abstraction of Truth"; the only universal Truths are mathematical. I have exhibited mainly geometric pictures and constructions/wall reliefs (created/transmuted from detritus and found objects) in various countries. I have always written poetry and more recently in the Haiku form; reaffirming my belief that "Limitation of means engenders expression".

Mazda

Philosophers join the homeless
Whom with little success;
Search for the elusive stone
That's more valued than a home

The Dharma bums high and low
Effortlessly go with the flow;
Where each encounter is a test
Until they join the very best.

Through a myriad of byways
Awaiting what the Master says;
Of the Koan that mystifies
And the Truth that never lies.

Gadgets of the modern age
Are a hindrance to the sage.
The fruit that appeals to me
Is found on the Bodhi-tree.

The Kolam

Unknown to the commercial world
But like a flower unfurled.
Art-work that cannot be bought;
Though nonetheless highly sought.

Abstract and intricate they are
And beckon like a shining star.
Gracing the homes of simple folk;
Messages that can not be spoke.

Concepts formed without a word
And form the cosmos gathered.
A tradition that goes deep
That providence will forever keep.

In perpetuity they will sing
And like a lost chord ring.
In modest array they will glow
Sustaining the spiritual flow.