Last year in Montreal, came upon a really good exhibit on Alan Glass at the Museum of Fine Arts. I didn’t know much about him, but I was taken with his approach and his art, and so I wrote the following snippet, which is supposed to be something of a mirror to the work. Enjoy.ContinueContinue reading “Alan Glass – A Poem”
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Music of the Mind
Thoughts on the recent and excellent Yoko Ono “Music of the Mind” exhibit at Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, which I visited with my brother Dave back on Christmas Eve. I’ve always been a massive Beatles fan, but I never understood the Yoko hate, it seemed dismissive and extreme. The fabs were always movingContinueContinue reading “Music of the Mind”
The Red Fox
One of the good things about the holidays is I get out to connect with friends more than usual. And, among other things, past couple weekends I’ve popped over to Blue Door Framing in East Nashville, where Greg Decker has his studio. Greg is another friend met through a friend and is a gentleman andContinueContinue reading “The Red Fox”
Buckminster Fuller
Buckminster Fuller was bad ass, as the kids say, if they still say that. He was a visionary, and the vision was to try and find new ways for people to live together more efficiently, as opposed to working towards new ways for people to lose their jobs so he could own twelve more houses.ContinueContinue reading “Buckminster Fuller”
Towers of Song
Bon Soir and on to my next Montreal missive, revolving around one of its favorite sons, Leonard Cohen. Last time I was there, Leonard was still among the living, and while I suppose I could’ve run into him by chance, it is impossible not to encounter his memory these days, re; all the tributes scatteredContinueContinue reading “Towers of Song”
Doug Hoekstra 