A literary barn raising
There is incredible, beautiful art flowing into my mailbox from around the world. The diversity of the creative spark that has gone into these works is just astounding to me. It’s clear from each one how much thought and mindfulness has informed them. I am humbled by this offering: truly, …
The days are nouns: touch them
DailyThese shriveled seeds we plant, corn kernel, dried bean, poke into loosened soil, cover over with measured fingertips These T-shirts we fold into perfect white squares These tortillas we slice and fry to crisp strips This rich egg scrambled in a gray clay bowl This bed whose covers I straighten …
Book Deadline Status Report #1
"See, the human mind is kind of like a pinata. When it breaks open, there are a lot of surprises inside. Once you get the pinata perspective, you see that losing your mind can be a peak experience." -Jane Wagner
Cockeyed with gratitude
A Thanksgiving message as only dear, sweet Billy can provide, where moons are aspirin and you and I are living on a blue and white marble smelling oranges closeby. As If to Demonstrate an Eclipse I pick an orange from a wicker basket and place it on the table to …
Decide what to do with your time
The Art of Disappearing When they say Don’t I know you? say no. When they invite you to the party remember what parties are like before answering. Someone telling you in a loud voice they once wrote a poem. Greasy sausage balls on a paper plate. Then reply. If they …
Stand still
Lost Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside youAre not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,Must ask permission to know it and be known.The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,I have made this place around you.If you leave it, you may …
37days Challenge Cards – A Note to Participating Artists
UPDATE – After some gnashing of teeth, a secret ceremony involving new math and Oreos, and the chipping of stone as I reinvented the wheel, I’ve emailed today all those artists who had enlisted in this art project as of Friday. SO, if you had expressed an interest but haven’t …
Join me
If you are in the Asheville area and not out on a hike in this gorgeous fall weather or at Tellabration listening to fabulous storytellers or sitting at home in your underwear solving Fermat’s last theorem, perhaps you will join me at Malaprop’s bookshop for a reading at 3pm today. …
Calling all artists…
It turns out that art = community = meaning. Artists are invited to create Artist Trading Cards (ATC) to illustrate my upcoming book, 37days. Artists of all kinds – digital artists, graphic designers, quilters, painters, weavers, calligraphers, mosaicists (is that a word?), you name it – are welcomed to participate. …
Let’s make art together, you and I
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." – Pablo Picasso Dang. Sometimes an email starts a revolution. Sometimes a spark is all that is needed for a full-fledged conflagration (I love that word) to occur, flame up, heat the air …
