Being Washed by Water
Peter Greenaway’s The Pillow Book was inspired by Sei Shōnagon's literary efforts: I present a pillow book of my own; today, it's being washed by water! The post Being Washed by Water appeared first on...
View ArticleSkirting the Crystalline
if you enjoyed Skirting the Crystalline, the latest installment in my nod to Sei Shonagon, have you ever thought of creating A Pillow Book of your own? The post Skirting the Crystalline appeared first...
View ArticleA Mention of Gratitude
On Gratitude is the latest installment in my nod to Sei Shonagon: have you ever thought of creating a pillow book of your own? The post A Mention of Gratitude appeared first on IMPROVATEUR.
View ArticleWhere There’s Smoke, There’s a Fabulous Film
The first time I watched the movie Smoke, I couldn’t imagine myself living in the Brooklyn Harvey Keitel’s character, Auggie Wren, photographed. The post Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Fabulous Film...
View ArticleThe Many Moods of Light
15. Fog-muted morning light reveals I am a jewel ensconced in a pretty case filled with cottony cushioning. I force myself to grow as still as humanly possible, to cease rattling against the sides of...
View ArticleWorshipful Ecstasy and Sorrow
From Costa Rican fields to a South Alabama peach stand, beauty and heartbreak ooze from this post on Improvateur. The post Worshipful Ecstasy and Sorrow appeared first on IMPROVATEUR.
View ArticleLifting Off and Floating Above
19. Lifting off from JFK, mudflats veined with rivulets come into view. The strong breezes nettling my skin in town yesterday seem to persist below, drawing Harring-esque squiggles on the water. Off...
View ArticleIt’s a Stranger Than Fiction #WellWritten Wednesday!
In honor of Valentine’s Day this Friday, today’s #WellWritten offering is my salute to romance and perseverance, two words not often used in tandem in our modern times. In the movie Stranger than...
View ArticleA Memory of Summer Heat
30. How is it that Queen Anne’s Lace, its frilly blossoms nodding on leggy stems, is classified as a “weed”? The plants are actually relatives of the wild carrot, and storied landscape architects on...
View ArticleHurricane Katrina: an Affirmation of Life
31. Friday, August 29th, is the anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina pillaged New Orleans, the approaching date reminding me of an elderly fisherman named Harvey who had tried to outrun the...
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