How It Starts; girl’s baptismal dress with wood clothespin, bowl made with tissue paper mache, tissue paper, cheesecloth and graphite powder with hand-cast hydrocal Greek pillar

Gem by gem, the “Ekphrastic Poetry!” video builds at each moment, uncovering new meanings in Myra Clark’s art installation “The Slow Regard of Hidden Things.” Debby Schauffler, Jessica Lynn Skinner, and Michelle Delaine Williams plumb the language of hidden things as only poets can, reveling in the use of their art form to paint new and evocative images based on Clark's art. Also featured is Emma Waite and her virtuoso piano accompaniment of the poetry.

Watching the second video of this series, "The Slow Regard of Hidden Things and Music of Hildegard von Bingen," is also recommended for the full context of the show in relation to the ekphrastic poetry offered in this final video of the three-part series.