Author Archives: Sam Formosa

About Sam Formosa

Conceptual artist, painter, sculpture in ceramics, paper, metal, wood and who make use of his created alphabetical, numerical, and musical notation systems as core foundation of his art work.

Eumjaoy

Winter in spring.

Eumjaoy.

In C major (clarinet).

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Winter in spring.

That’s how it swings.

Not a change one expects.

If only looking at nature with respect.

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Reflections from the Mediterranean.

Slaraino

A pony in the sky.

Slaraino

In D major (clarinet).

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A pony in the sky.

Real, not a lie.

Could see, with one eye.

At the bottom of the glass.

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#Slaraino

Reflections from the Mediterranean.

Ilnano

Think with the ink.

Ilnano.

In F major (oboe).

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Think with the ink.

Jot it down really well.

There is a rhythm as well.

Go flow, go well.

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Reflections from the Mediterranean.

Wonoely

Hibernating for so long.

Wonoely.

In G major (oboe).

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Hibernating for so long.

In the dim light all alone.

Not an eye came along.

Till one day someone wrote a song.

But then, it transformed my tone.
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Reflections from the Mediterranean.

Rzuiseo

Hibernating they are.

Rzuiseo.

In G major (oboe).

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Hibernating they are.

Still, hold their meaning so far.

Many around-sun trips went by.

Still waiting for their new start.

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Reflections from the Mediterranean.

Enmilioty

Text erected on a full page.

Enmilioty.

In B major (oboe)

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Text erected on a full page.

Kind of totemic form of state.

Yet, at the far distance say.

What would they mean, and what would you say?

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Reflections from the Mediterranean.

Tolliquy

A cool stream flows.

Tolliquy

In C major (clarinet).

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A cool stream flows.

With words that I did not spoke.

Of changes with every drop.

To merge with the sea below.

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Reflections from the Mediterranean.

Tuoneuy

The foggy air is full of tricks.

Tuoneuy.

In G major (viola).

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The foggy air is full of tricks.

On a night of sounding hiss.

Remembrances of what when trough.

Absolve by the morning sun too.

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Reflections from the Mediterranean.

Olleukio

The man who corrupted the world.

Olleukio.

In F major (viola).

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The man who corrupted the world.

Don’t know his name.

It does not sit in the alphabet.

Nor bleeds from the pen.

It’s soundless and still, there.

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Reflections from the Mediterranean.

Geejiera

Picking the pace of time.

Geejiera

In B3 major (cello).

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Picking the pace of time.

Moving where we left off again.

On a long ride to the end.

On a beach that never ends.

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Reflections from the Mediterranean.