Loose Leaf Notes

1. “I used to tell students…the difference between poetry and you is that you look in the mirror and say, “I am getting old,” but Shakespeare looks in the mirror and says, “Devouring Time, blunt thou thy lion’s paws.” —Jim Harrison

2. Two red sheds.

3. They go well with a self-portrait of me in Suzi Ross’s Quiet Beauties from her excellent Point of View art exhibit on display at the Floyd Center for the Arts until November 30th.

4. Suzi does a lot of self-portraits. My favorite one is titled “My Covid ponytail.” I also think she looks like an Andrew Wyeth model.

5. Skulked or sulked?

6. I used to get posts about quantum physics on my algorithmed Facebook posts. Now all I’m getting is posts on Drew Barrymore and rocks stars of my generation. And what’s with all the foxes and anime pictures on Bluesky?

7. No kidding, Johnny Depp followed me on BlueSky, where I posted THIS poem.

8. The next night, I had a dream where a friend wrote a blank check for my poetry books. The next day I went to the Bookhouse in Floyd to stock my supply of books. Check out the Open House at the Book House Floyd Press story and that I wrote in June HERE.

9. I hope a store in Floyd picks up on THIS.

10. Not your grandmother’s Thanksgiving was followed the next night by Gobble Till You Wobble with Buzzkill Karaoke.

11. The first photo in this post was taken at the Eternally New Art Nouveau Immersion Exhibit at the Taubman Museum. More on that visit with my friends HERE.

12. Photographer Stefan Draschan spends years waiting for museum visitors who match artworks. Very cool HERE.  

13. “Before children speak they sing. Before they write, they paint. As soon as they stand, they dance. Art is the basis of human expression.” Phylicia Rashad

________Thirteen Thursday