“Hotel Lobby, 1943,” by Edward Hopper Ladies and GentlemenLegs are the last to go,draped in silk or cotton; unlike neck or bottomthat, despite treatments, showwrinkled, unrisen dough,overcooked, coiled ramen.Dicks are the first to go,hungry prima donas,brainless, seek nirvanas;power, lust make them grow– until one day they don’t.Blue pill popped iguana.Affix in mind, aboveshells of this…
Category: art
Friday Favorite Feature 46 — carved Jesus
A Writing Presence asked to see an image of Jesus carved out of a piece of wood. I got this object d’art at a yard sale at work many moons ago now. One of my co-workers used these sales to de-clutter his house and generate money for programs for juvenile delinquents. In this way “trash”…
Friday Favorite Feature (F3) 45 — photo of The Pont Alexandre III Bridge in Paris, France and synchronicity
Memories saved and lost, found and painted — Dwight Roth When Dwight posted about this bridge on July 26 of this year, I was intrigued by the story. When I saw the painting he did of the small photo he found at his job as Chief Fixer Upper at Habitat for Humanity, repurposing a canvas…
John Steuart Curry: Weathering the Storm Exhibit at Muskegon Museum of Art
John Steuart Curry, “Tornado Over Kansas” Every Thursday Muskegon Museum of Art has free admission. When I saw a fb blurb that they had this exhibition going on, I took advantage of it. The time and effort they put into gathering works from across the US and how they were arranged, with giant posters explaining…
Paul Villinski: Flight Patterns
Was able to take a quick look at Paul Villinski’s exhibit, “Flight Patterns” at fmg on Tuesday. The plane was fabulous, but what I wanted to see close up was the above piece of work. I could see myself putting these on my back or using as a headdress. Looks way more impressive (you may…
ikebana (tanka)
with ikebana crystal moment magnified all else stripped away past and present disengaged tomorrow’s death unconceived ikebana defined Note: this arrangement was on a counter near the coat racks at FMG this past Tuesday. There are always beautiful arrangements there. Not that coat racks aren’t pretty, but I finally figured out how to use the…
Tao-Talk 