Showing posts with label painter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painter. Show all posts

25 May 2022

Reclaimed Earth Colors



Abandoned mines discharge 
Acidic mine drainage 
Full of oxides 
To the creeks and streams 
Making them toxic and polluted 
For years after the closure of the mine 
The sludge from the polluted streams 
Processed to remove impurities 
And dried at different temperatures 
To make powder of different colors 
When mixed with oil and additives 
And cold-pressed 
Magical paints of reclaimed earth colors emerge 
The tail ends from mines have lumps of minerals 
Crushing those minerals creates natural colors 
That can gloss pottery like in historical times 
Painters can give colors to their imaginations
With paints  made from the mine waste
And get closer to the nature 
To spread the message 
Of healing the nature 




This poem is inspired by a documentary of researchers from Ohio Department of Natural Resources, True Pigments LLC and gamblincolors converting AMD into the paint. Reclaimed Earth Colors is the brand of the paints produced in this manner.  This is not a paid promotion of the brand. I feel this is worthy of a shout-out due to the significance of their efforts. I also came across some other videos of converting minerals from tail end of the abandoned mines into paints. They're natural colors. 

12 Jan 2010

If i become a....

Just woke up
From the long slumber
Forgetting eves, nights and mornings
I’ve been swimming in ocean of dreams

I was wondering
What shall I become in future?
Ive dreamed myself
To be someone
Who could be a welcome change

If I become a salesman
I will sell dreams
To those who don’t have dreams
I will sell smiles
To those who forgot how to smile
I will sell hope
To those who live in tears of despair

If I become a painter
I will paint a new universe
With all the colors in this earth
I will paint the scened of every story
To take everyone to new worlds
Where movies can’t take them to

If I become a rockstar
I will create bigbang natural music
With the mix all earthly sounds
Zinking words with souls of joy and pain
Expressing the emotions of millions
Echoing all the way up to the space
I will try to spread message of peace and hope
Every time I step in a stage

If I become a designer
I will recreate the old marvels
In magical space age mode
I will design things that others wish
With inspiration from nature
Spreading awareness about the green world
Through alternate source and style

For now
I am nothing
Just a zero walking around
With a heart full of bright dreams
Hoping to make it big
Some day ,some how