Noted...

This is my first attempt at entering the blogosphere. Mostly I suppose this page will contain tidbits, poetry, swatches of awareness?, and, I'm sure, music references galore. Let me just say up front that I am very hesitant about this, but I guess we shall see what I see. Peace.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Sleepless



How long must I pay for being human?
Oh that's a simple one; the answer is, 
forever.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Post-Sandy on the island


"Caution: Dangerous Rocks. Hazardous Conditions May Exist."

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Th|s i$ @ typeF@ce 0f hu^^@n nee|>.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Verdant Verlyn


"Being entangled is the condition of life itself." - VK

Yes, welcome again, Fall.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Mid-summer day's reality.

Well, so much for keeping up on the regular posting. I realized though, that if I'm going to have links to this jawn out in the webosphere, then there ought to be something to read on it. Today I think I'm just going to go with some updates....interesting things I've found/seen/heard/done recently.

1. Aside from finishing my thesis....
 ...I've been trying to keep up with writing projects. As such, be sure to catch the August edition of Pork and Mead Magazine for a) the cover story (by yours truly) on artist Matt Gordon b) a few other arts features and c) interviews with Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers and Joe Michelini of River City Extension, as well as reviews of their latest albums.

2. Philadelphia is really an awesome town. Just when you think you know all there is to know about it, you remember how ridiculous you were to think that. Like today, for example, when I stumbled upon Nic Esposito and his projects, including The Head and the Hand Press. Which brings me to...

3. Urban Agriculture/Urban Farming/Urban Gardening. Call it what you want, but I've long been a proponent of the concept. Bouncing between the East Coast major metropolitan areas, I find more and more that there is so much usable space in cities if only you look around. Get creative. This summer's drought is yet another reminder of why we need to reexamine the way that we interact with food and our environment (NEWSFLASH: it's only gonna get worse, folks). Take a look at Rebecca Solnit's latest article in Orion. While it may not go terribly deep into the movement, it offers up an important (dare I say, integral) point that I think sometimes goes unnoticed amid all of the "trendy" aspects of urban ag, which is, whether you're feeding a family or a community or just yourself, having tangible, reciprocal relationships with the land and space that you occupy (anywhere, but here, particularly in the city) triggers social transformation. "When they’re at their best, urban farms and gardens are a way to change the world. Even if they only produced food—it’s food. And even keeping the model and knowledge of agriculture alive may become crucial to our survival at some later point."

4. Same topic. Sorry. Not sorry. Fritz Haeg and "Edible Estates".

5. Different topic, and I'll leave you with this:

I remember this city
as I remember the feel
of your flesh like a peach
in summer; there is no better thing. 
But you and the city have changed
without me
here to traipse along 
the wide avenues,
through the covered market,
down by the canal where I dreamt
that I caught a fish too big 
to reel, too real. The ghetto and you
coughed into new skin, familiar
but not recognizable, or is it
the other way around?
I could say I don't know
which of you I missed more,
but that would be an easy lie
to detect.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Happy Spring.

The clarity of today hurts my eyes; they are more used to screens and smog.

(Happy Spring).

 

Sunday, January 22, 2012