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Wisdom
Maurice SendakIllustration by Tony Millionaire Wisdom from Maurice Sendak, wonderfully interviewed not long before his death by British author and journalist Emma Brockes in The Believer: I’m totally crazy, I know that. I don’t say that to be a smartass, but I know that—whatever that means—it’s the very essence of what makes my work good. And I know my work is good. Not everybody likes it, that’s fine. I don’t do it for everybody. Or anybody. I do it because I can’t not do it.Read More
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Luminosities
Rather than insert the extraordinary shades-of-gray portrait our friend Sabina Epinet just posted on her SketchPad blog, I’m going to make you visit it by clicking here.Read More
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Door of Perception
The less than excellent photos below show a good luck door painted by our good friend, the artist Sabina Espinet. She painted it as a donation to a Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver fundraiser, and when we saw it, Melody and I couldn’t resist. It hangs on the tall vertical wall above our stairwell.Read More
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A Don’t-Miss Art Show
Three examples of my friendJohn Ransommaking me look good! Our excellent friends John Ransom and Barbara Mastej comprise two-thirds of the artists showing at Venice, California’s historic Cadillac Hotel. See John’s galleries here and Barb’s here. Don’t miss the opening if you’re in the area! I should note that John did the cover artwork for my collection Bed of Coals, artwork and book design for my chapbook The Heart Inside the Heart, and the cover illustration for another of my chapbooks, Sentences.Read More
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Genius and Generosity
“The Bedroom at Arles”—c. 1887 I never thought I’d hear a better song about Van Gogh than Don McLean’s “Vincent,” then along comes Joe Henry with “Room at Arles,” on his new album Reverie: Room at Arles by Henry, Joe on Grooveshark I still love McLean’s song, of course—elegiac, lyrical … but maybe a touch too pretty, And yet… According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Van Gogh’s namesake St. Vincent was martyred under Diocletian in 304 CE.Read More
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Friday Notebook 12.23.11
From Last Summer to Ancient Greece Rain in the west between us and Mount EvansAugust 30, 2011 * * * Titian, Danaë and the Shower of Gold(1554) * * * A Discreet Purchase Zeus bought Danaë with golden rain and I purchase you with a gold coin. I can’t, after all, pay more than Zeus. ______________________ Macedonian poet Parmenion, between 50 BCE and 50 CE (tr. Willis Barnstone) * * * Vase painting of Danaë and the Shower of Goldc.Read More
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Not Waving But Drowning
When I saw these breathtaking photos, I couldn’t help but think of Stevie Smith’s wonderful poem: Not Waving but Drowning Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning:I was much further out than you thought And not waving but drowning. Poor chap, he always loved larkingAnd now he’s deadIt must have been too cold for him his heart gave way, They said.Read More
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Mercurial, And Yet…
My wife and I are fortunate enough to have two wonderful friends who are artists and a couple–a risky arrangement (visual artists are almost as mercurial as poets) that has lasted nearly two decades now. They’ve lived for most of those years on a placid canal in Venice, California, in one of the few classic bungalows that hasn’t been scraped to make room for some looming monstrosity of a “home” (the quixotic canals are generally darkened by such monuments to unhealthy wealth and poverty-stricken spirits).Read More
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Welcome, Laura
A hearty Perpetual Bird hello to Laura Tedeschi, our newest Birder and a remarkable Italian expressionist painter. (She blogs as well, at nouvelles coleurs.) Laura, I’m sure, arrived here via William Michaelian’s blog, where you can see her colorful painting of William by scrolling down to find the image archive on his new home page.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
