Time
Time is inspired by the emotions of time. The now is where time does not exist.
A Spring Collection
A collection of artwork with Spring in mind.
3 Untitled Portraits of Young Men On the Verge Of Infamy
The illustrations are done with ink on paper and all measuring @ 5″X7″.
Elvis Has Left the Building
This artwork uses layers of collage and mixed media to portray memory, drawing on city life, poetry, art history, and other urban influences.
Diversity Dance
Celebrating the differences. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas.
Birdhouse in the Birches
A quiet scene from the Reiffel Bird Sanctuary on the Fraser River Estuary, near Vancouver, B.C.
In cemento veritas
Paintings and sculptures.
Garcia Lorca
Drawing of Garcia Lorca.
Ribbon
White paper clay sculptures, various designs.
A vein of gold in Paris
Using a tilt-shift lens and post-processing for the colors, I created this photo of a Paris street that looks like a vein of gold.
Clay Sculptures
Assorted paper white clay sculptures.
Floral Ecstacy
After the long, cold, dark winters I find the spring so invigorating. I finally started photographing budding flowers and green city views again.
Hitler Clone (60)
There are 88 Hitler clones in total, every clone being the source material for the subsequent one.
Did Frodo Make it to Mordor or Not?
One Courageous Translator Kept Readers in the Soviet Union Waiting Years to Find out
Book Review – The Hill by Ali Bryan
A book review of Ali Bryan’s new novel, The Hill.
The Pros and Cons of Ghostwriting
There are pros and cons to ghostwriting, which this article aims to elaborate on.
The Making of a Martyr: George Floyd & the Cycle of History
Locations and contexts of sub-human brutalities.
Reclaiming Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The adaptation and reclaiming of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Something Remains
When inspiration is gone something remains, writing.
A Bad Man’s Good Book: An Appreciation
An appreciation of Russian writer Aleksandr Chakovsky, who, despite being a loathsome Stalinist toady, wrote at least one really good book.
Procrastination
A short personal essay on vulnerability and the writing process.
Difficulty Swallowing by Kym Cunningham; Essays That Will Stick in Your Teeth
A review of Kym Cunningham’s debut collection of personal essays; Difficulty Swallowing.
Modern Day Phantoms found in Women’s Literature
Women writers in the 19th and 20th Centuries were far ahead of their time.
On Inspiration
Is inspiration ephemeral or damn hard work? One writer provides his thoughts on this perennial subject.
Jewel: A Memoir
Review of author Jewel Davis’s memoir – a window into the Baby Boomer Generation.
The Human-Actor, Moments to Anagnorisis
Shakespeare had once composed, and asked Jacques to tell the literary world of a ball that was, to him, a stage.
It took an old vegetable seller…
Coming to terms that being rich and well off does not mean that you are a human being.
Sand and Ash
Desert winds whip up memories of unrequited love and a reunion for a young woman.
The Last Pandemic
When concern over politics becomes more important than health.
Avakal’s Call
Showing her newfound magickal prowess to the ruler of Avakal, Sana is forced to confront her true enemy.
November Seventeenth
A special day in the life of a working couple whose relationship is fraying under the stress caused by one partner’s success.
Complicity
Unfortunately, sometimes self-awareness arrives long after the opportunity to make a difference.
I can see a tree from the forest
Sleeping hearts are woken by a dancing flash of light, deep within the forest canopy, under the Big Sky.
One Misty Night in Brooklyn
Standing in a moonlit alley a glint of light on broken glass on wet black tar.
Charlotte’s Law
A legal secretary gets a peek at the reality behind her lush fantasy life.
600°
We’ve heard about witches, books, and historical monuments being burned to ash, but what happens when it becomes writers instead?
I Wanted To Tell You
A rock concert becomes a fiery inferno, forever changing the lives of two best friends.
I’ll be late for the Christmas party!
An unconventional Christmas story.
Rape Culture
Somewhere in a post-patriarchal future where the onus is placed on men to be sure they have consent.
Lost At Sea
A poem about someone struggling with depression and can’t find the way out.
Fixation
We all know a rut for what it is. It’s easy to be compulsive when depressed.
House Arrest
The Past seemed as real or more than whatever thin present showed its face.
A State
The intersection of politics, commerce, and the American landscape.
Inside Our Skin
A Transformative poem that inspires thought about what freedom means.
Radiation
A poem on radiation treatments
this summer
Covid Summer
Living amid Covid-19
Living our time with a pandemic.
Suicide
That angry leap from the overpass
Loneliness is a Hungry Beast
Loneliness creeps through the night
Looking to latch onto anyone tight.
Grief
Grief is mean and unbecoming
A cockroach in the light
The Other Narrative (Ode to a Psyche)
An exploration of a dreaming mind.
Pandemic Football
It’s what happens to a sport when a pandemic interferes.