Tag Archives: darkness

sarcoidosis (spreading)

Tonight I attended a John Cage concert at some chapel at Harvard University. What started out as this beautiful, meditative tone poem for piano and violin, with increasingly sustained periods of silence between each note… well I was totally into it at … Continue reading

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winter is still leaving me, despite all of my protestations

It’s that time of year again. the end of winter. the season i live for is fading out. it didn’t last nearly long enough. most people would think i am insane for feeling this way, and i would tell them: … Continue reading

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disempowering darkness

This might sound negative, but it’s really meant to be positive. i feel like i’m finally acknowledging an essential question:  am I really contributing  to the world as an artist anymore? this might sound like a question that one should … Continue reading

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mercury

it happened again. another day of really bad swimming. i don’t know how to explain it. i began on such a positive note. i wasn’t even thinking of swimming in a straight line. and now, i swim like wild mercury. … Continue reading

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strategies for vanquishing numbness, part 1

entrench yourself in memories of friends lost or forgotten eat yogurt finish the final 90 pages of The Brothers Karamazov lose money from your pockets as you emerge from the subway and then gaze in wonder as a stranger hands … Continue reading

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the 147 bus

but first, i must apologize for venting bitterness in my previous post. as far as i can see, it did not serve either of us very well, and for that, I can only call upon your forgiveness. and second, i … Continue reading

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my winter heart

i can almost feel it. my winter heart slowly awakening. October is my Spring. i’ve never been able to figure out why i am this way. the only person I know that seems to really “get it” is my chiropractor/acupuncturist, … Continue reading

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the night so dark and blurry…

… I left town in a hurry. and I was far from home. for hours and hours I drove and drove, sometimes stopping, but then more and more hours of driving and driving. I drove and drove until I could … Continue reading

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