"Invention, the spontaneous generation of new rules, is central to art." ~ John Gardner ...
Combinatorial creativity
Gesamtkunstwerk
Gesamtkunstwerk? Gesundheit! I'll pass on poetry for this afternoon's look at Gesamtkunstwerk. It's tough enough to splutter off the tongue, much less massage into melody. Ever interested in matters curatorial, I recently discovered Swiss art curator, critic and historian Hans-Ulrich Obrist who is currently working as the Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery in London. My ...
Tea Bag Truism
Dumpster diving for new goals and a clean slate. It's paramount to create from decay and erosion. From margins to mainstream, mind over mattress. Incentives are paramount. Stay tuned... ...
Invent
To Invent this Morning 1. Skidamarink-tuned ditty about minty dentures to awaken my bride. 2. Fresh blueberry, rice, and canned venison breakfast for my dog. 3. Banana, peanut butter, coconut milk, and bacon smoothie for me. 4. New whistle to interrupt my dog’s snow graffiti ritual near the house. 5. Shower-steamed mirror doodle of a swanlike man juggling top ...
Compost
I've called it munge, the Daily Munge, for two decades, a term I pilfered from an article about archeology and layers of detritus compressed, transformed over time, long-long time. But the article vanished. Or maybe my memory invented it for want of an apt metaphor. Munge. Unverified. And while it’s served me well enough over the handwriting, typing, and dictating days since, I have begun to ...
Find
Gather chanterelles in unfamiliar woods, Golden answers to earthy questions Long forgotten. Or abandoned. This is damned near all that remains from a poem called "Find Your Why" that started out with soul (really!) and promise, or so I thought. A remix of several conversation snippets laminated together with musty, loamy "glue". I've smashed it apart and put it back together again so many times ...