Illumination...

"Sun Worship"
© Lloyd Pollard 2006
8"x10"
colour photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

From light we come alive - brilliant and ablaze in a celebration of humanity.

From dawns to deserts and the midday sun we thrive in the soulful dance of earth, wind and fire.

From Africa to Mars and the great Ra, we rise and fall on the radiance of this brilliant star.

All praise to the giver, taker and illuminator of destinies.
All praise to light and its playful shadows.
All praise to the sun.

Presence...

"Out of Sight..."
8"x10" © Lloyd Pollard 2004
clour photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.


There is a great essence that inhabits us, that leaks from our soul, that floods our grandeur, that engulfs our possibility.

There is an authentic presence that defines us, that bleeds dignity, that devours creativity, that oozes originality.

There is a furious strength that radiates from us, that detonates our passion, that explodes our dreams, that demolishes our failings.

And so we stand bare...before the judgment of our God, elders, ancestors and gods, living an unpredictable and unexpected life.

Chaos and Change...

"The eye of chaos..."
8"x10" © Lloyd Pollard 2007
clour photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.


The power, magic and fear of chaos lies in our perception of it.

Chaos is seen by some as the source from which all possibilities arise and the world was created.

It is also seen by others as proof of our moral failings and a breakdown in our value system. Anarchy.

Sages see it as a point of transformation, a necessity if we are to grow and move to the next level of our existence.

Chaos is a an aspect of change.

In the natural, ever changing chaotic world, we can be seen, on occasion, as a source of order, balance and meaning, through our perceptions and actions.

We can be a source of the peace we seek.

Tradition... (Part 4 of 4)

Givenchy © Pollard 2006

The 'Assemblage' series is a four (4) part pictorial interpretation of the mystical relationship between the feminine, photography, fashion and the written word. Whether by celebration, suppression or exploitation, the woman is the central subject that drives and inspires these industries to their commercial and creative excesses and successes.

Prayer...

"...meek and mild, look upon this little child..."
8"x10" © Lloyd Pollard 2006
black & white photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.


Prayer does not require a religion or faith.

It require a desire to reach beyond yourself and acknowledge
other forces in your surroundings that influence you.

Prayer is a respectful commune with all things meaningful and powerful,
whether in our perception, our stories or our reality.


Prayer is a respect for the gods, God, the elements of nature, the known and/or the unknown.

Prayer is a meditation and a cultivation of energy through thought and reflection, from which we synchronize our being with the world that surrounds us.

Prayer does not demand a religion or faith.

It demands humility, openness and a willingness to acknowledge all things within and beyond us (the self), known and unknown.

amen.

Tommy...(Part 3 of 4)

'Give Me Space' © Pollard 2006

The 'Assemblage' series is a four (4) part pictorial interpretation of the mystical relationship between the feminine, photography, fashion and the written word. Whether by celebration, suppression or exploitation, the woman is the central subject that drives and inspires these industries to their commercial and creative excesses and successes.

Reflection...(Part 2 of 4)

Butterfly Promise © Pollard 2006

The 'Assemblage' series is a four (4) part pictorial interpretation of the mystical relationship between the feminine, photography, fashion and the written word. Whether by celebration, suppression or exploitation, the woman is the central subject that drives and inspires these industries to their commercial and creative excesses and successes.

Radiance... (Part 1 of 4)

cK Radiance © Pollard 2006

The 'Assemblage' series is a four (4) part pictorial interpretation of the mystical relationship between the feminine, photography, fashion and the written word. Whether by celebration, suppression or exploitation, the woman is the central subject that drives and inspires these industries to their commercial and creative excesses and successes.

Healing Motion...

"Abstract: Dancer in the Light" 8"x10" © Lloyd Pollard 2007
colour photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

Through motion the body heals itself.
Through non-motion the body harms itself.

The body has a center, a symmetry, a freedom, a sensuality and a balance that it naturally expresses in movements such as dancing, walking, acts of athleticism and lovemaking, among many others.

Energy as motion radiates from the magnificence of the body's epicenter.
Beautiful we are, in all forms.
Divine we are, on all terms.
Be.

Bold...

'Form' 8"x10" © Lloyd Pollard 2006
colour photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

Bold solitude, consciousness, mystery and quietness.
Bold happiness, darkness, mystique and presence.
Bold caring, confidence, awareness and healing.
Bold lover, light, tears and hope.

Bold form, ancientness, originality and creativity.
Bold being.

Soul surviving...

'Sorrow' 8"x10" © Lloyd Pollard 2002
stressed black & white photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

Sorrow:
unhappiness, misery, regret, depression, despair, gloom,
heartache, pain, grief, sadness.

From sorrow:
restoration, recovery, healing, mending, easing, repairing,
remedy, release, realign, purge.

Mental...

'Single Minded' 8"x10" © Lloyd Pollard 2004
painting on black & white photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

Our wants and needs are many
yet regrettably our beliefs are few.

We have the capacity for an unending number of thoughts and beliefs,
Yet we reward ourselves for our limited use of this capacity.
Having one belief is seen as a good thing.
Having fewer thoughts is seen as healthy.

The charm of a limited and singular capacity is misleading.
The more your awareness and values function in one dimension, the more susceptible you are to prejudgment and manipulation.

So seek beyond the limits of the familiar and explore the power of our multidimensional capacity to believe and think and therefore create.

Picture This! so far...

CLICK on Speaker symbol beside the star to hear the attached song!

After 22 posts, what you've said so far:

"WOW!!!!!!" "Stunning !!!!!!!" (Canada)
"...you have great photos." (Romania)
"That was really nice, thanks. (France)
"I see thoughtful wisdom and clear innocence." (Canada)
"Awesome picture...I love how intricate the detail is. (Canada)
"What a beautiful picture...I could see how deep her thoughts were." (France)
"...it's very original the way you discover this tribal art in your creations" (Romania)
"You’ve intrigued me..." (Canada)
"You've got quite a way with words. I really love what you've written here." (France)

THANK YOU ALL!
It's been a pleasure to share of my spirit, thoughts and words with you. Let us continue our journeys of awareness, revelation and ubuntu.

lloyd

Essential radiance...

'...@ the Bluffs' 8"x10" © Lloyd Pollard 2002
black & white photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

Grace upon the winds of hope. Accepting the gentle reminder of peace, the flow of God's breath left over from Adam. Creeping, crawling back into a nature I desired not to be born from. Into stone beautiful, harsh softness, heavy, formful intelligence. Accept me, restore to all forms, no shape, no gender, no name. Wear me down tideless. Whisper again, want again, need nevermore, let me go. Never again born and shaped, there is no form of you in me. Wear me down without hope. Accept touch, silence and this ear. Grace less. Lovers end. Hope less. Never again...

Serenity...

'In the Garden' 8"x10" © Lloyd Pollard 2002
black & white photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

At the entrance to inner peace sits the soul: beautiful, pure of form, devoid of aspiration and silent to the daily fatigue of life.

Is her calm, gentle and humble presence she dispenses harmony, healing and hope.

In her tranquil radiance there is renewal, rest and understanding.

She gracefully awaits the gifts of your anger, pain and fears.

Brimming with the subtle energy of patience and awareness, she urges you to lay the offering of your burdens at her feet and again soar.

In prayer she waits.

Red Man

'Red Spirit - Red Man' © Lloyd Pollard 2004
pen and ink on colour photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

Man is more than the sum of the parts and perspectives we have seen of him to date.
Sage. Warlock. Shaman. Sorcerer. Diviner.

He remains the keeper of our flame.
The wielder of the axe.
The alchemist.
The saint.
The transformer.
The destroyer.
The healer.

By chaos he is driven.
By fear he overcomes.
By failure he evolves.
By love he transcends.
By silence he rises and is reborn.

I am...

'I am' © Lloyd Pollard 2004
painted and cut colour photograph
First exhibited in 2004 "Faces" solo show.
CreArtive Gallery, Toronto.

Within you lies the power to see
The power to be
The power to set free
All that resides in your beautiful mystery.

solemn and glove

'Solemn & Glove (Natasha)' 8"x10" © Lloyd Pollard 2008
black & white photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

Isn't she lovely?
Isn't she sad?
Sitting there in her own shadow?
On the verge of what, only she knows?

What can it be, such solemnity?
Such unspoken thought?
Such silence of being?

Is there no light?
Is there not somewhere a hand to hold?
A hand of hope?

Yes.
Just beyond her fears, self-doubt, sadness and pain lies a comfort and salvation in the unseen hands of elders, ancestors and (G)od.
We are never alone.

soulful...

'Sons' 8"x10" © Lloyd Pollard 2008
colour photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

I am...
all that you know and don't know
all that you love and don't love
all that you fear and don't fear
all that you perceive and don't perceive.

I am...
all that is mysterious and not mysterious
all that is divine and not divine
all that is painful and not painful
all that is wise and not wise
all that is possible and not possible.

As I am, I am nothing, anything and everything
from boy to man
from father to son
from lover to friend.

This is, as I am.

My Secret

'I am Beautiful' 8"x12" © Lloyd Pollard 2004
black & white stressed & painted photograph
First exhibited in 2004 "Faces" solo show.
CreArtive Gallery, Toronto.
First blog publication.


There is something I am not telling you
There is something I have not told anyone
It's a secret but not a secret
Can you tell what it is?
Can you see what it is?
I've known it for a long time but I wasn't sure that people wanted to know it
Have you figured it out yet?

Ok, no more suspense, here is my little secret:

"I am beautiful"
That's all I wanted to say.

Future.Sexy.Tribal Lovers

'YV and LEC' 4"x6" © Lloyd Pollard 2008
pen drawing on photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

Is there anything more lovely, complex and dangerous than love?

" Brittany & Justin
Romeo & Juliet
Anthony & Cleopatra
Napoleon & Josephine
Lucy & Desi
Bonnie & Clyde
Bogart & Bacall
Shah Jahan & Mumtaz Mahal"

Beverly

'Beverly (Fall in love...)' 8"x12" © Lloyd Pollard 2008
nails on mounted photograph
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

" Don't just fall in love with your personality,
fall in love with your self
fall in love with your grace
fall in love with your spirit
fall in love with your life
fall in love with your creativity
fall in love with your inspiration
fall in love with your peace
fall in love with your silence
fall in love with your hope
fall in love with your joy,
claim your pain and
fall in love with you.

lloyd pollard . June 2, 2005
(Updated October 17, 2008)

Reflection...

'There is no Prada' © Lloyd Pollard 2008
photo montage
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

" Do you see me?
Designer self right off the shelf?

Flavour by the fable.
Charisma by the label.

Personality by the pound.
Divinity by the sound:
Givenchy, Gucci, Giovanni.

Able me before Calvin disables me.
Able me before Prada wears me.

Design my divine and redesign my mind,
therein exists my essence sublime.

Face #2

'Adorned' © Lloyd Pollard 2008
painted photograph (acrylic and pen)
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.
(Private collection)

" What do you see?
I am nothing like you, you are nothing like me.

I am sight with no sound
I am both fearless and profound.
I am dark with subtle light
I am more than your simple sight.

What do you see?
What is my mystery?
Seek with your mystical mind to understand my sacred divine."

- lloyd pollard . October 13, 2008

Sacredground

Sacredground © Lloyd Pollard 2008
colour photograph
First published in this blog.
Not previously exhibited.

"I am an instrument of the energy that surrounds me.
I am ritual. I am sacred. I am divine."

- lloyd pollard . April 26, 1999

Kerrie as Goddess

Kerrie © Lloyd Pollard 2008
black & white cut photograph
First published in this blog.
Not previously exhibited.

"In my essence you will find things unseen
Things I have always been
Since time has come about
I have defined mystery, men and life
In my various personnas
You have loved me, worshiped me and died for me."

- excerpt from the poem "Queen.Warrior.Goddess"
by Lloyd Pollard © 1995

Face #1

© Lloyd Pollard 2004
black & white photograph
First exhibited in 2004 "Faces" solo show.
CreArtive Gallery, Toronto.

Your goal in this lifetime?

Let them know you 'as you are'
Not as they wish you to be
Not as they expect you to be
Not as they hope you to be
Not as they imagine you to be

But as you authentically are.

lloyd pollard . January 2, 2003

Sista Motion

'Sista Motion' © Lloyd Pollard 2008
black & white painted photograph
First published in this blog. Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

" Today I know with a certainty why I create - I do it
to share the myth that is my experience in the
hopes of healing myself and making others
aware of their own experiences and its power to heal them
and give their life value and meaning."

- lloyd pollard . November 10, 2002

Painted

© Lloyd Pollard 2008
black & white photograph
First published in this blog. Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

"Time is the only thing that will allow
you to see me."

- lloyd pollard . November 24, 2002

Mask #1

© Lloyd Pollard 2008
colour photograph
First published in this blog. Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

"Creativity in and of itself means so
little without a philosophy of
self-awareness and perspective."

lloyd pollard . November 9, 2002

if you must...

SCREAM!!!

with joy.

out loud.
in silence.
in pain.
with sanity.
insane.

just scream
scream

SCREAM!!!


© Lloyd Pollard 2008
colour photographs
First published in this blog. Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

Angels Outside of the Light

© Lloyd Pollard 2008
black & white & colour photographs
First published in this blog. Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

Angel of Sight [top]
Angel of Dreams [center]
Angel of Fire [bottom]


In between the world of man’s thoughts, desires and divinity is a dimension where you will find an unheralded group of angels that are accountable for management of the repressed deeds of man.

They assist him in dealing with that which he is not yet capable of acknowledging and attempts to inadvertently destroy in the hopes of obtaining a divine and enlightened humanity.

These angels’ appear in their scarred and distorted forms which has been shaped by their sacred dimensional work with the unconscious primal energies generated by man.

Sheridon

What are our true colours?

They are never what we think they are and
They are certainly never what we hope them to be.




'Sheridon' © Lloyd Pollard 2008

black & white photograph
First published in this blog. Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

David

A portrait.
The man and his spirit.

'David' © Lloyd Pollard 2008

black & white photograph
First published in this blog. Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

Warlock

No rage.

No words.

No fear.

Passion.

Purpose.

Presence.

'Warlock' © Lloyd Pollard 2008

black & white photograph
First published in this blog. Previously unpublished and not exhibited.