Li Po

At the Aspen Design conference, Mario Lavista introduced his avant-garde music with words about having been inspired by visual art and Li Po (701-762) poetry. After hearing the music, filled with emotion, Rita Blitt ran backstage to meet Lavista.

The next day Blitt ran to the library and chose a book of Li Po poetry and responded with a series of pastel drawings to randomly chosen phrases that inspired her. Each work in the Li Po series of pastels on paper illustrates one line from a poem written by the seventh century Chinese romantic poet.

Li Po in the collection of the Mulvane Art Museum.