Monthly Archives: April 2017

(spontaneous, creative play from an early age) All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy [and Jill a dull girl].–from Mother Goose Many animals play: dogs, cats, horses, otters, monkeys, dolphins. People, too, play beginning in their first year … Continue reading →

(Otherwise: There might have been no shows for students in schools I taught over a 30-year-period; 2 examples above: McNally ’74-’83) …………………………………………………………. My parents would never have reconciled, enjoyed a happy retirement, and died on the same date, one hour … Continue reading →

“Infinite possibility is good, not bad.”–James Gleick, The Information What do you know? What do you want to know or need to know in a given moment or situation? ‘The Information’. You could be an executor dealing with a parent’s … Continue reading →

(Dylan: a big poetic influence via sixties music) We live in an age of image-laden screens and customized e-media–an age in which information, e-connectedness, and money rule all. Whatever remnants of poetry, as it used to be studied in schools … Continue reading →

“Imagination is the eye of the soul.”–Joseph Joubert, The Science of Mind Imagination is a mental faculty which creates images and possibilities of things we think of and suppose. Typically, when we imagine, we behold things that we would like … Continue reading →

(often the best freedom–nothing like the freedom of two) Freedom is universally acknowledged to be a good, desirable thing. There are the large en masse freedoms for the many, such as the end of a war or a dictatorship. As … Continue reading →

“Only connect” Open-heartedness and intimacy are two related states between any two connecting or connected people. To be open-hearted is to be honest, to share, and to hold nothing back. It is the other end of a continuum whose opposites … Continue reading →

Only on the dark wet streets of night can i ever hope to find your face again only with the sun on april morning snow can i tell you how i love you still

Much there is that makes us distrustful of others in our daily experiences. Too often we find too few to trust or believe in the honesty of. Openness is a key state to receiving whatever benefits of love and affection. … Continue reading →

is symbolized by each person having a ‘smart’phone. No depth, no context, no duration, no resonance, no sense of significant pattern, no attention span or patience with the complex or difficult, and no significant individuality. A world obsessed with only … Continue reading →