my heart changes pace and structure quick the passed few days.
taut and then slack. taut and then slack.
full of thanks, full of longing.
full of confused desires and wants for the world to be a better place...
for people to be kind and compassionate and just.
and honest.
mostly, i wish for honesty. and the courage to be that every step of the way.
and right now, as my heart twists and becomes anxious, i go and read Ariana Reines blog, the story that is there right now and the running theme of mortality and i am overcome by her gentleness and jagged love.
and our fair liege Radish King, has here incredible poems up today at Everyday Genius. go see! go see! and get racked by her fearlessness. her true and honest and unafraid hands on the pen. she goes where few writers do and it is always tremendous, always full of the ache of the world, the ache of our hearts.
and then all the hearts that grace my path here.
the electronic hands that come and tap out beauty on my life.
i am grateful for all the good you bring. it is beyond welcome, beyond gorgeous.
Showing posts with label rebecca loudon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rebecca loudon. Show all posts
Jul 5, 2010
Jun 7, 2010
GOLD on top of GOLD
Rebecca Loudon, our fair Radish King, has a whole bunch of new poems dealing with Henry Darger and The Vivian Girls up at PEEP/SHOW. GOOD LORD!!!!!! DO NOT MISS!!!!!!
Sep 23, 2009
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.
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.
Sep 12, 2009
a new and different morning...
awake and quiet in san francisco. the fog has yet to lift. i am on my second large cup of cafe-acquired coffee and have decided that the best thing for me to do is to bypass having a plan for the day.
yesterday before i left my little home, my copy of sharon olds' 'Satan Says' showed up in the mail and i began reading it instantly. it is one of three books i brought along for my little stay in the city and i began my morning with it and such a lovely angered spark of honesty and courage and inappropriate vocabulary surges as a result. i love her work. every single poem i've read. i will read it all and then i will read it again and again and again. also in tow- rebecca loudon's 'Radish King' (buy it!) and my little murder mystery 'Quiet as a Nun' which i will probably finish tonight. lucky for little me there is a slew of used book-stores here and oddities shops and art galleries and all sorts of things that make my heart cry out in sheer ecstatic thankfulness.
san francisco is my favorite city. it is beautiful and jam packed with history and culture and every corner is mysterious and interesting and worth the walk. this is why my plan for today is to have no plan- save practicing the new mantra. it is the only rule. no more, no less. besides, it's raining right now and until the sky clears and goes blue, i am content to sit inside and redact book pages and make poems while i house sit.
yesterday before i left my little home, my copy of sharon olds' 'Satan Says' showed up in the mail and i began reading it instantly. it is one of three books i brought along for my little stay in the city and i began my morning with it and such a lovely angered spark of honesty and courage and inappropriate vocabulary surges as a result. i love her work. every single poem i've read. i will read it all and then i will read it again and again and again. also in tow- rebecca loudon's 'Radish King' (buy it!) and my little murder mystery 'Quiet as a Nun' which i will probably finish tonight. lucky for little me there is a slew of used book-stores here and oddities shops and art galleries and all sorts of things that make my heart cry out in sheer ecstatic thankfulness.
san francisco is my favorite city. it is beautiful and jam packed with history and culture and every corner is mysterious and interesting and worth the walk. this is why my plan for today is to have no plan- save practicing the new mantra. it is the only rule. no more, no less. besides, it's raining right now and until the sky clears and goes blue, i am content to sit inside and redact book pages and make poems while i house sit.
Sep 10, 2009
reading...
i have picked back up the joy of reading (much inspired by my dear sweet Radish King) and who would've guessed what a big beautiful difference that seemingly small act can make in one's life. i'm always reading poems and blogs and stuff but i finally got back to the novel. and it's a murder mystery of all things! ha! i haven't read one of those since i was 14! and geez that writing is good! and i've also been working on redaction poems almost constantly for the past 2 weeks, building a stack of the little beauties pretty much daily, and have begun to compile them in to strange little poetry books of my own. books, books, books everywhere and it really does build up quite a nice life. quite nice indeed.
Jul 24, 2009
wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
yesterday i took the day off from painting to read poetry and go poke around in antique shops. :) and today has shaped up to be exactly the same. nicey nice! it's alright to take a day off every now and then to enjoy life and see what's going on out in the big, wide world. i picked up a few more antiques photographs and a big burlap basket thingamajig and a totally kitchy "Alice in Wonderland" tin paint palette. total score! and my copy of Rebecca Loudon's Radish King came in the mail too (which is AMAZING! it is on the recommended reading list, for sure!). so, between enjoying beautiful, burning words and treasure-hunting, i had a damn good two days. :)
making time to appreciate the hard work of others is definitely high on my list of priorities these days. there's just so much GOOD WORK out there! every time i make a sale on etsy, i immediately turn around and buy something from another artist on the site. immediately. if i could spend all the proceeds from my little shop on other etsy shops, i would. it's become so important to me to show my appreciation for the work other artists do and to give whatever amount of support and encouragement i can. i know how positively i respond to encouragement and how much it lightens my spirit and strengthens my resolve and persistence. it really is the least i can do to offer that same encouragement to those whose work i admire and believe in. it just enriches my daily living in such tremendous, undeniable ways. i'm so thankful for artists. they make my world go round. check the 'friends and inspirations' link list to the right.
making time to appreciate the hard work of others is definitely high on my list of priorities these days. there's just so much GOOD WORK out there! every time i make a sale on etsy, i immediately turn around and buy something from another artist on the site. immediately. if i could spend all the proceeds from my little shop on other etsy shops, i would. it's become so important to me to show my appreciation for the work other artists do and to give whatever amount of support and encouragement i can. i know how positively i respond to encouragement and how much it lightens my spirit and strengthens my resolve and persistence. it really is the least i can do to offer that same encouragement to those whose work i admire and believe in. it just enriches my daily living in such tremendous, undeniable ways. i'm so thankful for artists. they make my world go round. check the 'friends and inspirations' link list to the right.
May 7, 2009
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