as i watch the redskins while visiting my dad
as they play in fedex field
and all the commercials look like music videos
and i see one of my acting idols advertising the capital one card Continue reading “infinite jest”
The Importance of Getting Old
This is not a serious poem
Who could seriously entertain any idea of getting old as a positive
My father put it best, perhaps:
It beats the alternative Continue reading “The Importance of Getting Old”
Information Destruction
Too much information/running through my brain; Continue reading “Information Destruction”
Sky Pape at June Kelly
Sky Pape has once again found a new way of defining “drawing” in her show at June Kelly Gallery. Continue reading “Sky Pape at June Kelly”
Short Form at Incubator Arts
A great double bill short form performance on November 15. “a spell for fainting” featured DJ Ivan Talijancic, VJ Shige Moriya, and PJ (performance jockey) Gillian Chadey Continue reading “Short Form at Incubator Arts”
pasta autunno
Competition for the famous primavera…
the emerging/mid/established conundrum
Looking for the hot new thing
For a cool old person
The hot young thing
Is new by nature
Continue reading “the emerging/mid/established conundrum”
Double Negative
I should write a story without a positive ending. I’m going to write it now. here it is. The story began on the dark side of my darkest day — or on the bright side of my brightest day, depending on which side you’re looking from.
I’m writing it by talking to Siri so that I have to talk fast and I can’t think very much about what I’m saying; Continue reading “Double Negative”
Modernist Yoga
American yoga — and by its influence, most yoga outside of India — is undergoing a change not unlike what happened in the realm of art when the classical encountered Modernism. Unfortunately, the change is not going in a direction that makes sense. There are good reasons for both art and yoga to come up with new names for their old and new expressions. But who gets what name? Continue reading “Modernist Yoga”
Stop Talking
There’s endless advice that says get your word out there. There are endless ways to interact. Everything is encouraging you to talk, talk, talk. Except me.
Paramahansa Yogananda’s guidance was that if you talk a lot, you should read more; if you read a lot, you should write more; if you write a lot you should think more; if you think a lot, you should meditate more. Continue reading “Stop Talking”