Heh Leaf! Inspired by Johnny Mercer’s lyrics/song ‘Autumn Leaves’ © 1947 Heh Leaf! Fall out with me in one fell swoop— let this be your downfall. Fall in line Fall apart, f(or) all I care. Fall into, fall off of, fall on hard lines (in your case, veins) Fall out of something (with someone/something) Fall […]
DrawBridge tells the story of my brother Steve (book’s illustrator), and how he communicated through artful elements. Today’s elements are Space and Shape. The book came out June 1st, 2019. These blogs are an introduction. Non-verbal moments and elements of daily life inspire me, and also inspired Steve. What inspires you? The seven Elements of […]
Leading up to the publication of DrawBridge: Drawing Alongside My Brother’s Schizophrenia in May of 2019, a braided poem lauds three of the seven Art elements: LINE in poetry and art, TEXTURE and FORM in an artful food-tasting. Stay tuned for more art elements braided into text over the next few months. Of ART’s seven […]
North Vancouver Public Art reflects North Vancouver’s spirit and identity with over 150 pieces in 12 neighbourhoods, North Vancouver Public Art is integrated in parks and plazas, municipal buildings and commercial developments along walkways, greenways, roadways, rockways, laneways in wordplays, sculptures, mosaics, murals and digital art. Discover and delight in North Vancouver Public Art Get […]
‘Bodacious Reading Series: Bob’s Not Responding I read at Bodacious last month. Ten minutes, six poems. My final one is you-tubed below on ‘Bob’s Not Responding’ (lyrics included). My other five may incarnate elsewhere. ‘Bodacious’ is a new reading series in North Vancouver, BC. Kim Seary and Yvette Dudley-Neuman host This reading series. November’s reading will be ‘Limbo,’ […]
I registered in the summer for a one-day marathon at October’s Surrey International Writers’ Conference SIWC 2015 for nearly $300: three sessions, three one-on-ones and lunch at a value approximating $40 per …there, I’ve done the math. Worth it? Let me count the ways. I registered for the Surrey International Writers’ Conference 2015 to inspire myself […]
‘Dance is the hidden language of the soul.’ ~Martha Graham In its fourth year with the North Vancouver Community Arts Council (NVCAC), Trolley Dances kicks off the fall season on the North Shore under the leadership of Linda Feil, Executive Director. The locations are always a mystery. We’re not leading this four-stop samba, but the […]
Culture Days and the North Shore Writers’ Association Presents ‘Thanks A Lot Express-OH!’ Saturday, September 27, 2014 10-12noon At North Van City Library, 120 W. 14th St., North Vancouver Prompts, prompts and more prompts! The process of art is one of observing, absorbing, reflecting, reacting and presenting. Sometimes that requires a prompt—a gentle […]
The North Shore Writers’ Festival at North Van City Library The North Shore Writers’ Festival comes to town but once a year. In partnership with the North Shore Writers’ Association and the North Van City Library, I lasso it, wrestle with it, tie it down, embrace it, and kiss it on the nose. Lasso and Wrestle […]
Pipelines as conduits and what’s goin’ through it? Does it fit, does it flow, in watery innuendo? Oil and gas, developing fast, but wait, go slow…in our own bodies, as well as in the body politic and the body democratic, funnel an alternative. To provide a hopeful future, we might well ask, ‘what’s goin’ through […]