Category Archives: paying attention

Tolmie State Park Evening

The tight fist of day Softened in the light Fading over the still water  beyond the rock mossy flat. My footsteps on the bridge as I walked back to the car The sound of wood vibrating.  

Posted in capturing light, NaPoWriMo, On the Salish Sea, paying attention, poetry, spring, Walking | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Composing the Present: An Interview with John Cage

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
related interview with Cage http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2009/07/20090731_fa_02.mp3

Posted in All part of the process, Chaos and Order, conversations, mindworks, music, my museum of inspiration, paying attention, philosophy, Telling Stories, thinking in words | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Video: How to be Alone

Originally posted on Vox Populi:
A video by fiimmaker Andrea Dorfman and poet/singer/songwriter Tanya Davis. Davis wrote the poem and performed in the video which Dorfman directed, shot, animated by hand and edited. The video was shot in Halifax, Nova Scotia.…

Posted in All part of the process, Check this out, developing relationships, internal landscape, mindworks, my museum of inspiration, Other peoples words, paying attention, thinking in words | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tom Waits and Bukowski/ Nirvana

Waits’ voice and Bukowski’s words make poetry to the second power.

Posted in Check this out, Other peoples words, paying attention, poetry | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Living in Limbo on Lummi Island: Walking, Working, and Waiting

I am in work limbo and living with a good friend on Lummi Island while I wait for paperwork to start my new job in Lacey. I am working temporarily with my lovely friends big and little at Generations, my … Continue reading

Posted in All part of the process, autumn, capturing light, my life, On the Salish Sea, paying attention, personal history, Walking, working world | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment