Monthly Archives: April 2017

(Self-portrait, Saint-Remy, Aug.-Sept., 1889) mad yet humble tried to do it straight neat, failed peasants–his touchstones lunatics, haystacks, whores faces, chairs & shoes (Theo helped, wrote back at least) eating his paints, poisoned, saw sunflowers as they really are tried … Continue reading →

“What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?” –E.M. Forster

Th howls r sighlint now Zombeez shuffl 2 th mayn offis wear janitur tecknishuns cunnect th regulurz 2 tall hummean genuraturz Kwalifyed pursonel delicutlee remoov th leftovr braynz cheking them 4 damidg & vakuum out th hedz Fullee sirvisd & … Continue reading →

“God is in the details.”–Gustave Flaubert Moments of being are those more elusive transitory times when one is especially aware of the sublime pleasure and excitement of a given moment, and how it is unique and distinctly different from the … Continue reading →

(for the late Stu Millman, consummate Edmonton jazz bassist) There is so much to like about this trio, this gig. In a word, movement. Piano lets you know which standard is to be resignatured. And then the momentum of bass … Continue reading →

  The kingdom…is spread over the earth and men do not see it.–The Gospel of Thomas (as quoted by Joseph Campbell) We all start life in various relative contexts of safety, security, advantage, disadvantage, family, and love. All these things … Continue reading →

Well you know, it`s been a long winter Hearts & minds all covered in snow Some got hot, but some turned colder Some stayed home, while others turned foes Some got young as some got older Some went up while … Continue reading →

There were no more maps just bite-marks and dry lips that bled on their own. Hair that stuck to skin and smells that lingered on like good music. There were no more frontiers, the proper guides left far behind. Previous … Continue reading →

(a must-read classic on the importance of choice re. transitory possibilities and contexts) Our lives and any moments or situations you care to name are simply a combination and interaction of three things: process, context, and choice. Life and its … Continue reading →

From where you stand beside the road, you can almost see the house. Fence slats bow to you & paint curls upon itself~ a mockery of maintenance. Overhead tall spreading trees threaten sun. Strange you never understood what time might … Continue reading →