Wassily Kandinsky, Dreamy Improvisation, oil on canvas, 1913. Bavarian State Painting Collections. [Wikimedia Commons.]
On Kandinski’s Dreamy Improvisation (1913)
What is this
vivid
colour-splotched
-smeared
-splashed
world
in which these
tropical fish
are swimming?
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Kevin Densley is a graduate of both Deakin University and The University of Melbourne. He has taught writing and literature in numerous Victorian universities and TAFES. He is a poet and writer-in-general. His sixth book-length poetry collection, Isle Full of Noises, was published in early 2026 by Ginninderra Press. He is also the co-author of ten play collections for young people, as well as a multi Green Room Award nominated play, Last Chance Gas, published by Currency Press. Other writing includes screenplays for educational films.
Love this KD, Kandinsky my favourite artist. Blown away by his exhibition a short time ago. Simple, precise, and to the point.
Thanks for the feedback, Col. Glad you appreciated my succinct effort here. I do like writing poetry about works of art. (These days it is often referred to as ‘ekphrastic poetry’, for those unfamiliar with the term).
I see human faces in this.
Is that Pareidolia?
Interesting, Dips – no two people will perceive this painting in exactly the same way, I suppose.
And pareidolia is a brilliant word!
Is that a cervus camelopardalis i see in the bottom right hand corner.
I have been very taken by Kandinsky for many years now and your poem captures a certain perspective with aplomb.
Thanks for your response, Karl.
I think your cervus camelopardalis is in the eye of the beholder – if I may stick my neck out, so to speak!
Superb execution, as per usual, KD
Thanks so much, DB.
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That would be very good, indeed, Mickey! Cheers.