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July 28, 2008
- I follow where she leads me along my lonely road, sometimes laughing, sometimes weeping and everything in between. The primary distinction of the artist [and poet] is that he [she] must actively cultivate that state which most men necessarily must avoid: the state of being alone, James Baldwin (1924-1987)I try to be gentle with The Muse, but she is not always gentle with me, often-times ...
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July 12, 2008
- I think I have revived one of my ducks (see last blog entry if that doesn't make sense to you). I met with an artist acquaintance yesterday for three hours and it was fantastic. Having lived with artists the last few years I was used to that particular energy around the house and then when I married I was without it for a couple of months. I've been asked by said artist to help with a ...
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June 24, 2008
- Ana Elsner and Lawrence Ferlinghetti: two Poets, two Artists...I have known Lawrence Ferlinghetti for many years and am familiar with his poetic voice as well as with his visual artistic expression. We are both poets and artists at the same time.I recently had the honor of exhibiting my watercolor paintings alongside Lawrence's art works in a group show at Live Worms Gallery , a progressive San ...
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February 10, 2008
- Here is something I have learned over the years: Most Artistic People hate being on the phone with people who have just gone through something horrible. It's not all. But its most.It's the stammering and the uh...okay...oh...honey...I love you...uh...okay...whatever you need...hey I knew someone who went through this once...uh...whatever you need.....let me call you back in a minute.And you ...
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February 5, 2008
- It was a party at the Pacific Marine Biological Laboratory on Monterey's Cannery Row last year, and Gus Arriola and his wife Frances were in a euphoric mood on a cool summer evening. Gus and Frances were standing outside of ``The Lab'' on a chipped concrete platform that breaks off to the sea and where, seven decades earlier, John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts stood many afternoons ...
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