Like many writers, an idea comes to me first as a spark, a barely thought out concept that I contemplate and then mold into a story. [Read More]
The Seeds of the Stormy Weather Arts Festival
Like anything else, this event was seeded, and grew organically over time. The seeds held the potential of what the event would become. [Read More]
Legacy of a playful local resistance
Forever playful, John Fraser. In communities where people approach life with a bit of whimsy, his kind of disposition becomes part of our civic identity. If neglected, we are easily overrun by tedium. [Read More]
‘Whose Move’ Premieres at Steidel’s Art Gallery
Shoes scraped, scruffed, and made the polished wooden floors of Steidel’s Art Gallery gently groan today as fans packed the small studio for the first peek of William Steidel’s new illustrated book, ‘Whose Move.’ [Read More]
crows in a wheat field (for Vincent)
in Sun you are weeping dragging last bits of impasto Black across the sky beside you wheat goes on forever golden waves breaking breaking crows gather thick to one side Black like sudden tears they shudder then fly away you hang your head you do not watch them go
Sentences
Minds dip all day into words,
seining food from conversations
and roving stacks of books.
We gather, compose, revise —
slowly meaning more.
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Remembering Steve McLeod
Here are a few more words and photos about Steve McLeod. He specifically posed himself into the hooped picture, and I think he meant for me to share it and the others if the time came. We didn’t speak about that time directly, but he seemed to be intimating it. For the past ten or more […]
Three Stones and a Pipe
Words are shared in memory of Steve McLeod, beloved artist and gatherer. [Read More]
Heck: Beyond the Lines
It’s ridiculous, I know, to suggest the squiggly lines of a comic can make you cry. Or that a story about a man and his mummy investigating a basement gateway to Hell can make you question your identity. [Read More]
Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light by Leonard Shlain
Last summer, I started reading Art & Physics on the recommendation of my son, who actually read it at the suggestion of a teacher a few years ago. Bottom line – get this book, even if you only look at the pictures. There’s a lot of great art in it, and the illustrations explaining the physics concepts are excellent. [Read more]