Born Blue I remember my young self,cool-marbled hard smileof need,growled & devouring;a ghost,a secret seer,a girl of soft red velvet,a poisoned dark cake. Born blue,always listening,less for eternitybut [for] my home. Poet magnet set
#SLS — “(I Know) I’m Losing You” by The Temptations
I did not know who wrote the song, nor who recorded it first, but “(I Know) I’m Losing You” is the song I wanted to share today. Although it doesn’t mention abandoning, departing, deserting, exiting, leaving, resigning, or retiring, you don’t have to reach far to understand that’s what’s going to happen real soon in…
Music that strikes a chord: “Hope is the thing with feathers” by Rhiannon Giddens UPDATE — Democracy Now! video
Rhiannon Giddens has a new album out on Nonesuch Records label called, “Hope is the Thing with Feathers.” Here is the title track. It is not only the music but the video, which shows the artist creating the album cover using multi-media collage, that strikes a chord with me. From the Nonesuch newsletter: Rhiannon Giddens…
#FFF 76 MMA’s 97th Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition
In addition to the female animators exhibit going on at the Muskegon Museum of Art is the Annual Contemporary Art Exhibit. This year is its 97th. Granddaughter had a lot to do with the pace we went through, so little time for photos. Will try to get back there while it is still going and…
#FF — Shattered Impasse
Shattered Impasse Each night it’s the same dream. I’m at a crossroads, where options are presented with faded, though legible signs. Just as in waking life, I’m paralyzed, unable to make a decision. “Get your fat ass out of bed and make my breakfast!!!!!” His roar from the kitchen rouses me. My warm feet feel…
