An Eclectic Journal of the Arts
Back in the late 1970s, I auditioned for lead singer of a local Rock band. I sang the Kinks and a couple of Led Zeppelin songs, and had a lot of fun in the process. No preparation. No practice. I just sang the songs the band members wanted to hear. To this day, though, whenever […]
My Art has been a search for essential meaning in my life. I have sought this understanding through pottery, theater, and now painting over the last 40 plus years. My painting is an exploration of a moment in time, a moment away from duality, where I can feel the world as one thing of many […]
Animism versus Dualism. Mother Earth versus Descartes. Seeing ourselves and the world around us as continuous, interconnected, and interdependent, versus Subject/object/Master/slave. Seeing the world like a shaman or a bulldozer. We can’t keep doing this anymore. We can’t keep treating the earth like a trash heap, like we own it, control it, and owe it […]
Mirage II Perception is a trap door in the sky So they said As they dragged And crawled O’er burning deserts And rain-soaked fields On their way into the black Into night as day as night For gold and roses were there Just over there Just over The blue horizon Twice blessed, they believed But […]