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AN ARTIST’S DILEMMA
The concept of “doing good in secret” is a cornerstone of folk wisdom and many spiritual traditions, a notion that emphasizes humility, pure motives, and the belief that an exemplary character needs no public recognition. This principle suggests that actions done for praise, deeds rewarded by the applause of others, detract from a strong character;… Continue reading
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TURN, Again
A brief discourse or disinquisition decide for yourself on prevarication, pigeon holing and metaphor etc. whatever. Continue reading
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MUSES
(from ACTS OF COMPLICITY, stories ) He began without enthusiasm. A crowded room filled with indifference. Open windows. Urban … calefaction. That should do. He took a cloth from his pocket, his glasses from his face, and polished their lenses. He replaced his glasses, gathered his thoughts, nodded once, and began. “Art,” he said, “is… Continue reading
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AN OPPOSITE PLACE
Remote areas that allow for exploration, introspection, and recreation are, like honest men, difficult to find. But those who are confined by chance or choice have discovered a wilderness closer at hand, an abundant, limitless region which is accessible without the need to leave one’s arm chair. Here is the domain of the philosopher, the… Continue reading
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4 POEMS
Poetry from my 2015 book, Conversations with a Hypoxic Dog, an eclectic few words that range from ghetto to cosmos. Continue reading
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QUIET
Stolen, the small blue Pullman placard stipulated QUIET is requested for the benefit of those who have retired. Sitting on a chair, wooden, straight backed craftsman style, perhaps oak, old with a bit of a wobble not unlike myself, the field uncultivated for donkey’s years, surrounding for acres with a copse of planted populars, aligned,… Continue reading
