Art in the dark . . .

It's Odin's day . . . and the New Moon continues to bring us neer-befores …

Breath is the very first thing we give to this world

and the very last thing we are allowed to take from it.

Breathing is what we do before we understand

a single thing about our world, and the last thing

we will do despite all of our hard-earned wisdom. – David Whyte

David Attenborough is 98 years young today. The English broadcaster, writer, and naturalist was born today in 1926, London, England.

Sophie's found a nest . . .

Another still young'un, Gary Snyder, is 94 years young today. The poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist was born on this day in 1930 San Francisco.

And, novelist Thomas Pynchon turns 87 today. The born Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. Considered one of the 20th century's most gifted writers, and certainly one of its most elusive, he was born today in 1937 Glen Cove, New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon

Entre chien et loup (Between dog and wolf) Making art in the dark.

No stupid literature, art or music lasts. And that's a good thing. Turns out: Wanting and liking are not the same emotions.

The Maverick Bar

I went into the Maverick Bar

In Farmington, New Mexico.

And drank double shots of bourbon

backed with beer.

My long hair was tucked up under a cap

I’d left the earring in the car.

America—your stupidity.

I could almost love you again.

We left—onto the freeway shoulders—

under the tough old stars—

In the shadow of bluffs

I came back to myself,

To the real work, to

“What is to be done.”

– Gary Snyder