Art
October 4, 2009
- As I walk slowly on the main path of street lined with different craft stands, smells of hot dogs and kettle corn waft through the air. I come upon an artist’s stand, and one painting of a streetscape pulls me in. A bouquet of homes comfortably nestled alongside quaint shops on a hill. I wonder where that is. I really like that. Go ask her.Feeling shy, I hesitate, but push myself ...
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October 1, 2009
- Yesterday’s walk brought no clouds, instead a hyacinth blue lake with a slight haze from the fires in the distance. As I saw the trees, I imagined how Van Gogh might have seen them, how the sun penetrated the green leaves just so, and how he had to show their glistening vibrancy; and how he captured the textures of life with thick strokes, so that you can see and so you want to reach out and ...
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September 28, 2009
- Why does he document himself aging? Every five years he makes a mould of his face, fills it with 10 pints of blood. The sculptures are then kept in a box filled with silica and chilled to minus 18 degrees Celsius to prevent them from turning to liquid. Precious. An ode to life frozen and afraid of flowing like the warmth of life-giving blood. British artist Marc Quinn says, “I think I’m more ...
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September 27, 2009
- We decided to see what was going on at the 6th annual Martinez Italian Street Painting Festival today, which took place on Main Street in Martinez, California. As we drove under the old non-working train track through the signal into the main stretch of street that would take us down the main, I had forgotten how much I love driving through this town. I was telling boyfriend that it feels ...
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September 27, 2009
- Am making the most of the day before the onslaught of Freshers' Week next week. Honestly it's been really great today that I haven't had to talk to anyone apart from Lord H. Bliss. Here's today's poem:Meditation 229Water and prayerquench the dry land’s thirstand wash sin away.If onlyyou could bottle both.So we've had a delightful amble through the joys of Wisley, which included the excitements ...
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September 27, 2009
- ARTIST 'S STATEMENT: JOHN OUGHTON ZERO APERTURE, PHOTOGRAPHER After reading Yeats, the Tarot and the Golden Dawn by Kathleen Raine, and The Negative by Ansel Adams The number Zero is a Fool an empty O under glass who seeks more in a scene but what is, is the Fool is bottomed in bells which strike against the rained grass a little dog named Dark dogs his ...
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September 24, 2009
- "Practice other arts, even if badly, because it makes the soul grow."--Kurt Vonnegut What are you doing to cross-train as a writer? Join me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mylenedressler
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September 22, 2009
- My first venture into virtual multi-media - a poem from "Bloody Heaven", the collection I'm currently working on. I've included the image the poem is written after("Pontius Pilate Washing His Hands) and a link to the podcast of me reading the poem.The podcast lasts less than one minute, btw.Here's the podcast link: ...
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September 22, 2009
September 18, 2009
- With the sharing of art, words, ideas, dreams, telepathic experiences, deep connections, and more, during this past week, the movie that comes to me is, “What Dreams May Come” based on the book of the same title by Richard Matheson. I love this movie and am moved each time I see it. It’s simply a visual masterpiece. I read the book some years after seeing the movie. Usually, there ...
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