Lesley Dill
White Poem Dress, 2018
Acrylic paint, oil stick, and thread on fabric
90 x 36 x 2 inches
Copyright The Artist
'How ruthless are the gentle— How cruel are the kind— God broke his contract to his Lamb To qualify the Wind—' — Emily Dickinson, How Ruthless Are the Gentle 'The...
"How ruthless are the gentle—
How cruel are the kind—
God broke his contract to his Lamb
To qualify the Wind—"
— Emily Dickinson, How Ruthless Are the Gentle
"The Thrill came slowly like a Boom for
Centuries delayed
Its fitness growing like the Flood
In sumptuous solitude—
The desolations only missed
While Rapture changed its Dress
And stood amazed before the Change
In ravished Holiness—"
— Emily Dickinson
How cruel are the kind—
God broke his contract to his Lamb
To qualify the Wind—"
— Emily Dickinson, How Ruthless Are the Gentle
"The Thrill came slowly like a Boom for
Centuries delayed
Its fitness growing like the Flood
In sumptuous solitude—
The desolations only missed
While Rapture changed its Dress
And stood amazed before the Change
In ravished Holiness—"
— Emily Dickinson
Exhibitions
2025, Wild Grace — This Private Hallucinatory Moment, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA2026, Lesley Dill: A Solo Exhibition, The Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
