Bluesman...

"LEGEND in Blue"
© Lloyd Pollard 2006
8"x10" colour photograph

First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

In our deepest moments of pain and uncertainty, the blues shall purge and heal us via the wisdom and grace of the soul.

Grow forth in the bounty of your experiences, hopes and dreams.

Rise Up! Rise Up! Arise!

"Chained in the Noon Day Sun..."
© Lloyd Pollard 2006
8"x10" colour photograph
& Digital representation

First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.

In the light of the moment, rise beyond your self-doubt
Rise beyond your achievements
Rise beyond your potential.

Rise to meet your hope
Rise to meet your dream
Rise to meet your destiny
Rise to meet your power
Rise to meet your presence
Rise to meet your uniqueness
Rise to meet your soul.

'face' your star.

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.

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

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.

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.