Kicking off this week with a quote from poet/essayist Mary Karr’s Syracuse University commencement address, 2015.
A reflection: Will our lives be immortalized in the Louvre, or written on a sidewalk in chalk?
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James Brown warns his bass player, Keep it on the one. The upbeat. You can do anything from there.
The thirteenth month of pandemic, and the one is hard to find.
Notes and thoughts to get us through. And an excerpt from my novel to offer a moment of excitement.
Continue readingMannequin Monday – “A lot of pain in that invisibility”
“If you weren’t so quiet, you wouldn’t have searched so desperately for a way to speak.” Springsteen and Obama on the Renegade podcast.
A ten-year old girl in post Civil war Texas learns English to find her voice.
And a chapter from my book, A Twin Long Gone. Trying to re-create a voice.
Continue readingMannequin Monday – Sit Quietly in a Room Alone
Monday rolls around again. I dress the bare mannequin with words I found from novelist Louise Penny. I’m re-reading How the Light Gets In. Also, I again take inspiration from Austin Kleon, who quotes Blasé Pascal: All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
And for my own current writing, I add my short story, The Marsh. Jack and Dyann sit in a boat talking about death…and life.
Continue readingMannequin Monday – Ebony Fingers on White Keys
Hi. Welcome back to Mannequin Monday. Our ongoing goal here is dressing the blank form: words, images, clay, paint, movement. This week I will again rely on images to spark creativity.
Today starts with artist and writer Austin Kleon, who continues to inspire me. He recently posted architectural image collages on his blog.
Kleon in turn led me to designer/writer Frank Chimero, who specializes in interactive web design.
And I wrap the weekly post with a writing sample of my own, a writing exercise on haiku. One: Ebony fingers on white keys sprayed wild notes on the air.
Continue readingMannequin Monday – The Driver and the Passenger
Welcome back for another Mannequin Monday. Today we dress the blank form, the empty page, with art and image. Writer/artist Austin Kleon inspired me with one of his recent blog posts. He focused on artist David Hockney’s photo collage Pearblossom Hwy., 11 – 18th April 1986, #2.
I also add writing of my own, my attempt to create a word collage reminiscent of Hockney’s photo collage.
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