Extolling, and embodying, the virtues of creativity, and creative writing, to save the world. (Or, at least, myself.)
In Tolkien’s BreachThrough the shadow, they came but once,Through the shadow, they fought their hunchThat lost in the seam of a forgotten dreamLies a hope that does not gleam of gold, silver, bronze, or of my reproach,But, just, alas, the heavenly broach, a breach…Upon the beach where once doth lain a holy tomorrow, where hope … Continue reading Tree and Leaf
What do Tom Brokaw, Anne Frank, and Bill Russell have in common?
The earliest art form in the world is a cupule, found on rock formations throughout the world. The universality of this truth would seem to indicate something universal about this experience... It goes back a LOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG way. Do you?
https://youtu.be/I9OpSqE3-lU?feature=shared On the GLORY of Paratroopers FIGHT FOR IT. NOW.
I have not, yet, read this book, but with how successful AND influential Pixar has been you would think that John Lasseter, a founder and primary creative force, would, AT LEAST, get the Steve Jobs treatment. As it is, this biography, one of only two or three I could find on him, and the most … Continue reading Pixar
Black Statue of Liberty. Something I wrote a LOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG......... time ago, but never posted. But AM now. “Fight For It.” My favorite song on the Hamilton soundtrack is “Wait For It.” Every time I listen to the soundtrack I can’t get the song out of my head, except that when I hear it in my head … Continue reading “Fight for It”
Actual photo taken by me. One of two places of any "significance" I've ever been, unless, of course, you count them all. Yesterday my soul slipped into the sea, It buoyed there a while and cried for you and me. That soulless surface scarred, it dredged the deepest dream, it swelled the strangest sigh... Yesterday … Continue reading On the Truth and Power of “Free-Association”
The bad in ME is the BAD in YOU, SIMPLY, because, it must be. Otherwise, how could I BE? To BE is to be good... But I can, ONLY, be good if I am good, and, therefore, not bad, BUT I AM BAD, and YOU ARE GOOD, therefore, for ME to be good, YOU need … Continue reading “Good vs. Bad”
"Enlightened Witness." A Prayer for EasterEstherPrayerPshawPshawYour prayers.P-Shaw.I’ll give you a prayer.Pshaw.I am your neighbor.I am your friend.I don’t need your prayers.Don’t pray to me.Don’t pray for me.I’m a public,Don’t you see.We don’t need your prayers.Prayers.Pshaw.Pshaw.Pshaw.Now, friends, they’re a different thing.Esther.Friend.Geri.Geraldine.Friend.Easter.Pshaw.Esther,Friend.We’ll rise again,In love with you, my friend.Esther.Geri.Geraldine.Amen.
Observations from the Brink 