How many billions of leaves lay on the forest floor? I’m attracted to one of them. Why? I pick it up. Gingerly. It’s dry and fragile. I put it in my pocket. And hope that it does not turn to dust there. It joins other found objects brought home to ponder. Bones, bark, stones… attracted […]
Monthly Archives: May 2023
No time like the present to yield to desire…
For reasons unknown I’ve wanted to creatively engage with a “bonsai tree” most of my adult life. I’ve been gifted with 2 or 3 over the decades. The little super market varieties. Pretty much destined to die. Sooner rather than later. I did manage to nurture a wonderful bonsai box elder which seeded itself in […]
Wandering & Wondering. Strolling. Sensing & Seeing. Looking & Listening. Documenting. Learning. Meeting & Marveling.
Mayapple, …in toxic ating… Woodland Dunes State Natural Area, Leica SL, Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R 100 / 1:2.8 + 2x Apo-Extender (click image for larger view)
A peek at my “process” for Poetry as Art for Rahr-West Art Museum Exhibition:
ART AS POETRY/POETRY AS ART Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI May 14 – June 18, 2023 Art as Poetry/Poetry as Art is a collaborative effort where the written word stimulates the creation of visual art and visual art acts as a muse for the written word. Poets are invited to submit a poem to spark […]
Sometimes we find ourselves asking…
“Y” did I weep while watching the well produced Daisy Jones and The Six, E5, last evening, when one of the characters said, “…it was obvious that they made each other better; …until they didn’t”? “Y” did that line of dialogue strike me so personally? words on a screen? triggering such deep heartfelt emotions? “Y” […]
Been a Long Time Coming…
A whole lot of sand has poured through the hourglass of my life since last I posted here I’ve lost people, places and things over the past many years and now find myself alone Near the western shores of the Great Lake Michigan “home of the good spirit” In the days before settlement, our area […]