Still Sundays
October 9th.
Filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky on “self-existing magic of things” and more. Your talent is a body. Marc Jacobs on innovation.
I find myself intellectually incapable to accept any of the etymologies offered behind “Indian Summer” and google’s curation of history doesn’t satisfy.
October is a solid indigo night, made for returning and leaving at the same time.
Autumn in New York is the muse for so many jazz compositions because only music can capture an indigo night.
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Yesterday I saw a film by Nathaniel Dorsky who has been making and exhibiting films within the avant-garde tradition since 1964. His works have bee shown internationally in museums and theatres ... read more »
Tagged art, choices, life, nathaniel dorsky, process of writing, questions, relating, social media, twitter, words, yoga
August 28, 2011.
Perceptions that hula-hoop around reality: social media and beyond. Little boy who wouldn’t stop crying on bus. Walter from Verdi Square knows with certainty…
It’s truly a still Sunday here in New York City this morning. Not a sound from a dog, car, child…neither near nor from afar. Usually in order to capture this temperament of quietude I have to be up around 6:00 a.m. given by 9:00 a.m. the seal of stillness begins to pop, someone crunching a bag of potato chips in an empty hallway.
Yet somehow this is the least still it has ever been because of the tropical storm. The leaves are speaking loudly to the wind. I ... read more »
Tagged life, non-fiction stories, nyc, social media, twitter
March 20th.
A conversation with mama about Twitter relationships. Stranger-friends. The Invitation by Oriah.
If you would like to know what Still Sundays is about, please take a quick gander here and just read the third paragraph. Thanks.
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I once met a woman on a subway a few years ago on my way to yoga.
She looked at me and said, “Forgot your keys?”
I laughed and replied, “How did you know?”
She said, “The way your mouth moved and eyes rolled and hands reached into your purse to form the silent expression: oh shit!”
We had a good laugh and ... read more »
Tagged choices, life, relating, social media, twitter
March 13th.
“Who Owns Kafka?” Neither artists nor their supporters can circumvent certain questions. Courage requires much more than strength.
If you would like to know what Still Sundays is about, please take a quick gander here and just read the third paragraph. Thanks.
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Time changed today. In this part of the hemisphere we have ‘sprung forward’, adjusted our clocks “one hour ahead.” We have “lost” an hour to stretch the day longer. What does it matter? Nights are always long. I have never felt the gain or loss of this time adjustment.
Reports estimate that the 8.9-magnitude quake in Japan on Friday shifted the planet on its ... read more »
Tagged art, choices, kafka, life, marco rojas, questions, twitter, yoga
I don’t claim I can write poetry. It is not my ‘medium’ of expression or telling a story. Perhaps this goes back to the years when I ‘stopped’ writing. I felt poetry—my version (given what I wrote felt incomplete), not what I considered poetry—was my way out of writing seriously. Later I decided it wasn’t even poetry but just lists of fragments showing my perception of a particular instance. Words were my play-doh; I simply recorded the telling details; I affectionately labeled these notebooks my ‘forensic lab.’
If there are as many types of poetry as there are those who claim to be poets, then there are even more definitions of what constitutes as ... read more »
Tagged art, process of writing, stories, twitter, words
