Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Monumental beauty & the properties of willow






also known as sallows or osiers.  Soft, pliant, tough wood.  A strong, vibrant life-force.  And here in Walnut Creek, CA ten tons of willow imported from Vermont by commissioned artist Patrick Dougherty.  (http://www.bedfordgallery.org/public-art/collection/patrick-dougherty).  A must see.  Like a meal with friends and conversation robust yet intimate.  Like a new notebook with first gestures -- bold, skyward & deep into the earth.  And always as with poems, meals or sculpture -- a window to see in, to see out.

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  1. What if observation and imagination blur, cross lines, as entangled narratives become more engaging than reporting the bare facts. What if our detective begins to talk about him/her self in the third person? These notes were found in the detective's second home in a discreet suburban neighborhood.

    he's hold up in a place by the beach
    it was all a frame, the neighbor's say
    next time you go calling, park more than a block away
    oh
    and an ice pack will stop the swelling in no time

    (Here there is a pause as the notes are stuck together and must be steamed apart to make sense of the torn and scrappy notebook, obviously hidden from prying eyes.)

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