for your reading pleasure...

two very cool things i forgot to mention yesterday:

the new issue of FOU is up and it contains such a beautiful and jarring poem by my beloved radish king. here.

and the new issue of ANTLER is out too! check it out. especially if you've got a penchant for "pretty porn". you'll definitely get your fix. :) and the ANTLER blog is shaping up to be quite a gem as well.

and as for my own reading, i finished the little murder mystery i'd been toting around last night and the very second i finished it i thought, "go get the journals". Sylvia Plath's Journals. i don't know why it's such a good follow up but it is and i read pretty far in to it last night in bed. this is my second go around with them. they are beautiful and sad and, even though it scares most people when i say this, it feels like reading my own diaries... only much more well written. ha! but i understand her work in a way that i've understood few others. she is one of my biggest influences. her work simultaneously made my world bigger and more intimate the moment i found her. her work is as clear to me as talking to myself in the mirror. exactly so. it makes me both sad and angry that so many people only see her death when they hear her name. so many people jump directly to the whole "she baked her head" crap and they've never even exposed themselves to her work. and what a huge loss. huge. her work was, and IS STILL, brilliant. beyond special and beautiful. beyond, beyond, beyond. poets today are still trying to catch up with her. she's just that damn good.

sleepy...

my sweetie took the day off from work. :) three day weekend. and he taught me how the change the brakes and roters on the truck. he guided me along but i did all the work. i even wore my pair of coveralls. and then sloppy-joes and 'the soloist'. sad and beautiful but not without humor and opportunities to smile. and robert downey jr is in it so that's the best reason of all to see it. and now i am rounding out my day on the computer- the instrument i've avoided with a fair amount of success all day. but there is work to be done. always. good work. i shant complain.

p.s. two of my art blurbs published today at ANTLER. go look and meet some new artists to follow and adore. :)

one more cat to let out of my dingy little bag...

the trial run is over and now it's official and letting the secret out here will ensure my continued diligence- i am now one amongst the 5 lovely and inspiring contributors over at ANTLER magazine's blog. yay! and as you may have already guessed, my focus is art. :)

Antler is a new magazine dedicated to curating a life full of art, music, culture, and of course, beauty. the next issue isn't due to be released until september but the blog is updated daily and has already become a great resource for seeing who's up to what in this great big ol' world of ours. take a peak and leave comments everywhere and let me know what you think.

p.s. that's me in the middle. :)