X is for xenagogue
“I do desire we be better strangers.” – William Shakespeare I want to be a better stranger in 2008. My thanks to all who sent suggestions for X, the bane of any alphabetic journey. Thanks to Leah who suggested xenagogue (guide; someone who conducts strangers), xenial (of or concerning hospitality …
Yearning in art
Jillian offers this marvelous photograph as her rendition of yearning: "When I read your blog this morning, about Yearning, I immediately thought of this photo I had hanging on my wall. I took it on a camping trip in Maine about 22 years ago or so." Such a spectacular way …
Y is for yearning
“We are the yearning creatures of this planet.” –Robert Olen Butler In 2008, I want to explore my deepest yearnings. Life is yearning meeting obstacle. Perhaps, as Randy Pausch told us, “brick walls are there for a reason. They let us prove how badly we want things." Brick walls are, …
Zwischenraum in art
Two intrepid artists have evidently finished making all their holiday gifts, brewing their vegan egg nog from scratch, and creating lovingly handcrafted gingerbread versions of Frank Lloyd Wright homes (to scale), leaving them with spare time to send in their interpretations of Zwischenraum, the space between. From Ellouise Schoettler: "The …
Z is for Zwischenraum
"True places are not found on maps." -Herman Melville I want to live in the space between in 2008. I want to mind the gap and let go of the monkey bars, live in liminal space, the ecotone, the “intérieur,” the threshold and the fold. I want to move heartily …
Thanks for the music
I mentioned Bobby Sherman at a dinner party the other night and was met with blank stares. It comes from spending time with young ‘uns, but you know who Bobby Sherman is, don’t you? Perhaps if I mentioned listening to Dan Fogelberg in my younger years, I’d get the same …
Z to A: Winding down the year, winding up a new one
"Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song? The guy who wrote that song wrote everything." -Stephen Wright Earlier, we traveled from A to Z. Let’s go back to A again, shall we, in honor of Ellouise’s sister Lynda who believed her second grade teacher …
Serendipity art
I continue to be amazed at the unusual ways in which random, yet somehow perfect, essays were chosen for artists in the recent 37days challenge card art project. Here’s one more story of such a serendipity, this one by artist Kate McGovern:"When I first discovered 37 days, it was through …
Email woes
I wonder…is anyone else having trouble with Yahoo email? Over 12,000 messages downloaded into my mailbox yesterday and today – and now I can’t access that email account at all. So, if you need to reach me, or have emailed and I haven’t responded, the best option at the moment …
The very thought
Santa–the very one!–visited a local bookshop on Sunday. The very thought of talking to the Big Guy was overwhelming to little Tess. She never looked at him directly, and neither daughter has ever complied with my request that they stand in the general proximity of Mr Claus (I gave up …
