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Aesthetics, Endeavors, Life

Beyond the Silver Glass

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Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer. ~Rilke

How I went from what’s in the mirror to who I am on my own terms

Plenty of books will tell you everything you need to know about your best colors, lines, and ways of presenting yourself. Actually, it seems there is way too much (and conflicting) information out there. So what am I telling you that’s new? Continue reading “Beyond the Silver Glass” →

Culture, Life, Literature

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

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Now I can look at you, Mr. Loomis, and see you a man who done forgot his song. Forgot how to sing it. A fellow forget that and he forget who he is. Forget how he’s supposed to mark down life.

Bynum Walker to Herold Loomis, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone:1911 – a play by August Wilson

 

August Wilson (1945-2005), playwright. Photo: Wikipedia. Fair Use.

I ran across an incredible play by August Wilson some years back that wouldn’t let go of my heart: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Although it showcases the “Black experience,” Continue reading “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” →

Culture, Life

Cattywampus Day: A Time to Celebrate

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Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, birthdays, religious gatherings, common decency and life itself have been put on hold indefinitely because of that “thing” that has provided the roaring pretext for unending lock downs across the nation.  (Spreading the “thing” via political protests is apparently okay, though.)

Fortunately, I may have a partial solution for some of you. Continue reading “Cattywampus Day: A Time to Celebrate” →