She hurls paint at life, bold, gloppy oranges and reds, hoping it dries before diluting rains wash it down the drain. She hurls paint at death splatters of purple and brown, royalty and decay. The way of things won’t have it any other way. top image: “The Third Hand” by Hans Hofmann. De Jackson (aka…
Month: January 2023
Hidden in Childhood – Full Cover Reveal and Preface — Short Prose
UPDATE on the upcoming poetry anthology to be released towards the end of January. I read your words and a thousand childhoods burrowed into my heart. Gabriela Marie Milton My Dear Readers Thank you to everyone who submitted to Literary Revelations Publishing House’s collection Hidden in Childhood: A Poetry Anthology, due to be released late…
Paramount Series Review on “The Offer” (2022)
image link I just happened to come across this in my library database while searching for everything they had that was made in 2022. Honestly, I didn’t look too closely at the cover and thought it was a documentary on the making of one of the best films ever made, based on the excellent best-selling…
TSM 241 — Fish Eye
Raoul Hausmann, Untitled, 1931, Eyes fish, rods and cones, in silver round within round in a square box. Grey scaled snap shot rumination who masticates cached mash-ups through long winter nights. Star- struck with revelatory indictables, shadow blanket holds her, warm, until morning’s cold glare of dawn. Carrie is the host of The Sunday Muse.
dVerse — OLN 329 — kousa promise
Green cornstarch circle holds kousa promise fulfilled – my prayers answered. Prayers don’t always have to be for big things. Two autumns ago I gathered fruits from the kousa dogwood tree I discovered at my dentist’s office and saved the pits. I planted them this spring in pots and put the pots outside. These two…
Cat Pic — Mlady, taken January 4, 2023
Trent posted some sweet cat pics today, which inspired me to share my most recent pic of Mlady. She has started to do this crossing of her paws lately, and I think my exuberant reaction to it has encouraged her to keep doing it. She looks like she’s lost in thought. I wonder what she’s…
#FF — The Call
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot My dingy descent didn’t happen overnight. Each step is an independent entity containing a varied amalgam of components including conscious/unconscious conditioning, fear, impulsivity/ premeditation, peer pressure, focus, practice, tap dancing, blind leaping, thoughtfulness/ thoughtlessness, kindness/cruelty, and so many other motivations/de-motivations. Addictions, also motivated by these, have lubricated the process. Likewise-situated…
Tao Talk 