Music Like Waves, Rising, Dispersing
I came across this poem on one of my favorite blogs O at the Edges. I love the image of …
Category Archives: Writing
Immersed in One’s Art
There’s something immensely satisfying to see Helen Frankenthaler immersed in her art this way. I found this image on Facebook, …
Poetry that Takes Us Beyond Articulation
Some of us are always seeking a path beyond ourselves, beyond articulation. It’s not escape. It’s the opposite of escape. …
“Water Falling Through Sunlight” – Poem & Paintings for Troubled Times
September, 1918 This afternoon was the color of water falling through sunlight; The trees glittered with the tumbling of leaves; …
Bearing Witness – Art that Hurts, Art that Heals
So much of art-making is bearing witness–to things we love, to things that wound. And often they are the same …
Perfect Pairings – Klee and cummings
I’ve long been a huge fan of Paul Klee’s paintings and e.e. cummings’ poetry, and for similar reasons: their playfulness …
A Walk on the Wild Side – For People Who Love Addicts
A few years ago I started an anonymous blog with the above title to talk about addiction. About trying to …
Shogun VS. Lincoln in the Bardo
I have two books on my nightstand, Shogun by James Clavell and Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. Both …
The “Willing Suspension of Disbelief” in Fiction and Film
What draws a reader into a story and compels her to keep tuning pages? This interests me both as a …
Loss & Desire, and the Search for Something More, in Life & Literature
These are the themes that run through so much of what I’m compelled to write about. No doubt because they …
