dVerse — Poetics — Hara-tsuzumi (Belly Hand Drum) (was quadrille 106)

It had been reported that Tanuki fell from the sky using his scrotum as a parachute. —Tom Robbins, Villa Incognito Shaded sepia Bipedal bandit Bushy chase Big bouncing balls Pendulous paunch Youkai icon Kin to kitsune Debaucherous ninja Shapeshifter Picaresque player For human games Saucy cane rapper Visiting trickster Deals the cards Laid back fun…

dVerse Poetics — and then there was…

primary school student’s art based on Eric Carle collage Her muse fingers slip across glossy magazine pages searching: beyond articulate vibes shake puzzle pieces to populate her collage. She wonders if this is how gods do it. Head of bull, tail of tiger, feet of chicken, woolly barrel chest of buffalo. Clouds grey and winds…

Women Music March 2023 Day 31 – Molly Tuttle (final for 2023)

And here we are, at the conclusion of another Women Music March. I hope you have enjoyed learning about these extraordinary performing artists or got refreshed on them if you already know them. I also would like give a big THANK YOU to everyone who read, listened, and commented. It really brings Women Music March…

London: “Ai Weiwei: Making Sense” — Fat Geisha

“Ai Weiwei: Making Sense” is a design-focused exhibition at the London Design Museum opening on April 7. It features broken ceramics and historic relics from the Song dynasty, as well as fragments of the artist’s own sculptures destroyed in 2018. The show encourages viewers to make sense of these objects and question what they value,… London:…

#FF — Get a Real Job

It’s my first children’s birthday party gig. Parched from twenty rounds of “Old McDonald’s Farm,” Billy’s mother says she will watch Stradi while I go inside for a quick powder room visit and some lemonade. Intercepted in the living room by three girls with ponytails who beg for a capella Katy Perry, they cheer after…