Category Thoughts About Art & Culture
In a time like ours
In a time like ours only the coarse-grained have enough resistance to preserve their fair-weather principles unclouded by anxiety. T. Merton
With a Dimple
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I believe, the sign I saw simply said. Joe’s Tacos Hot Spot Salon Buddhist Temple I mean, it sounded quite intriguing Yet difficult to imagine in my head Perhaps something seemingly simple A Buddhist kaon or making math trig sing Concealing, complex, might fool Gimpel Will I find it slippery or very […]
And Doing So
Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Purfling and lethonomia: what can they be? Get into the groove and follow right around Perhaps you’ll remember; it’s known to me Ask learned wordsmiths what may be found Some words are not well known or jargon Describing music, motors or woodworking […]
All Life
Mixed Bag ~ Philip Brent Harris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Over sea and under sky Join me as we soar and fly Play among white, fluffy clouds Fall with the rain Earth’s liquid shroud Storm presages death, Death, where all life leads We never break […]
Lift My Lamp Beside the Golden Door
In 1883, Emma Lazarus, daughter of immigrant families, wrote a sonnet entitled “The New Colossus.” You almost certainly know part of it. It’s emblazoned on a plaque which now resides in the museum of the Statue of Liberty. Perhaps, unlike me, you knew the complete verse. I must admit to being surprised when I learned […]
Becoming
Both of these pieces, the digital artwork and the verse came together rather quickly tonight. The verse started with the first line, which came to me this afternoon. The second line followed relatively quickly, but I then had to bank them in my head until I could develop them further.Once I had the verse completed, […]
Discovering Ourselves
I came to art late and have at times chosen what might be thought odd subjects. For example, I’ve painted a dead vole, a portrait of feet, paintings of friends and family with green faces to name three. This is reflective of my nature. What I have found interesting is my fascination with reflection itself […]
Come Away
Trumpery is Reality Our people must be one. Chaos must be won. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To the storytellers Sky writers Mud pie makers Sand diggers Castle builders World painters Moviemakers Deep sea divers Wise women Learned men Lore keepers Truth seekers Winsome weepers Promise breakers Liars, libertines Singing suns Dancing atoms Once and future Past and gone […]
Reports from the Realm of the Rouge Regina
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trumpery is Reality Our people must be one. Chaos must be won. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reports from the Realm of the Rouge Regina All the ews s fit to be bent Salve Regina Last week proved a hectic week in the realm of our Rouge Regina. Our regal ruler continues to battle the Zombie […]
By and By
Trumpery is Reality ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Could I ever write something so new That I can never ever explain it to you Paint images you cannot comprehend That offend you, tell you I’ve sinned Could I conjecture a world so strange It goes far beyond your limited range And if I could, would it really matter Riddles […]
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