Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
What Tomorrow Brings
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Cry freedom as you step into your adult life. No matter where you find yourself, who you end up talking to, talking about, the conversation always reflects you. Who you are and who you may become. So speak of many things: failed governments, cabbages and faux kings. […]
Cricket Angels
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ I hear the birds singing throughout the yard, the hall, as if they exist in every space, every moment, as indeed they do. Listen to their trills, their, arpeggios, and crescendos. If only I could understand their song, their language of notes. So complex, we only begin […]
That Depiction
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ What is reality? Can you tell me? Explicate in such a way, I may understand and comprehend the vagaries of our complex existence. I will listen without resistance, if only I might know truly, if only for this single instant. The world would change. Not only mine, […]
Know Not Why?
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The universe slides through its ethereal dance. What are the chances you and I should be here to witness this moment, add our vibrations to the constant changes? Can you hear the bass and basis of all creation, that which we use to form our lives, their […]
Simple and Complex
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The chase is on, and who’s to say who it is that leads and who follows? Some would say it’s but linear progression and I will let them harbor their obsession. Though I see time flow in multiple directions, up and down like rolling hills, not simply […]
Pushing Life
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Saw a woman in a leopard-print jacket, old and slouching along the corridor, the open space which leads to more possible coats. Zebra prints ,with alligator purses, faux, of course, these days, as it should be. Who’ll say how much damage we’ve done and whether our weather […]
Smoke, No Mirrors
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The last weeks of winter smelled like smoke. A chipmunk cheeped on the deck, an alarm, although I could not see any sign of danger. It dashed away into the densest underbrush. Moments later, it darted out, scurried to the fresh birdseed my wife had scattered earlier. […]
Come to the Table
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Our dreams drink coffee with us—Joy Harjo Our dreams drink coffee with us as they put their arms around our children. Even as they wrap us in a loving or hateful embrace, for our hopes, for our sins. Come to the table sons and daughters, mothers and […]
How We Live
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ How will I know when my entrance comes and I’m set to step upon the stage? Will I be a flop or all the rage? What a strange construction. Words in a row signifying, ones upon which I’m relying. Will you take me by the hand? Lead […]
Another Fight
People Over Politics, World Over Wealth ~~~~~ ~~~~~ The procession marches through the city. A solo horn sounds. Yet, life abounds around the moments death has claimed. Children play in the park. They won’t go home until after it grows dark, scurrying towards whistles and the holler of voices, fathers forcing them to make choices […]