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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 to get the yellows … Continue reading →

“God is in the detail.”–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 Stu, consummate bass-jazzer) 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 and drums and you are … Continue reading →

“O brave new world /That has such people in ‘t!”–Shakespeare, The Tempest There are those things which do not matter to you like shoes that fix you to the ground whenever you fly above us. When mortals offer to help … Continue reading →

2 players chasing shadows on a dim-lit city street full moon in september night jet above flashing red hooo-fffffff whho-fff poor man’s tennis: father-son no rhyme or reason to our play writing a poem without a net hooo–ffff click<ffff dream: … 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 affect … 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 →

  Slow teasing measures there is time teasing measures why despair when there is time teasing measures? Then run dancing joy come with me formal balance up & down see the range counterpoint & then stop And drops of rain … Continue reading →

“Cursed be the social lies that warp us from living truth!’–Tennyson, “Locksley Hall” The sleepers lie so deep, their gardens go unplanted. Their summer song unsung forever, the spring-words half-remembered. The rose and the smell of running water here. And … Continue reading →