Caught In The Stream 
Abstracting art from life
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Recasting Alice - 11 hours ago
This is a poem that started out as a Twitter post, but grew into something quite different. I offer it to you with all due apologies to Lewis Carroll , whose Alice I've always admired and whose credit I've repaid poorly here. My Alice By Francis.. Topics: Poetry, writing
Two Souls: Flabby mimics - 4 days ago
After the last long-winded and prosaic post about the movie FRESH , a return to sparser verse and the next installment of my poem Two Souls . I may yet however revisit the idea of "monocultures" within a different context. Two Souls, Twin Lives. Topics: mythology, Poetry, writing
FRESH: Returning to farming's roots - 5 days ago
Last night, I had the pleasure of watching a thought-provoking new food documentary: FRESH by ana Sofia joanes. There are two characteristics that make the film particularly interesting. First, there is its depiction of a new breed of farmers from... Topics: agriculture, documentary, Film, food politics, Fresh, industrial farming
Io, Mid-transformation - 7 days ago
This is the second illustration I've done for my poem Argus & Io . It depicts the nymph Io as both woman and cow. I like the way I interpreted her bovine side much better. Topics: Art, drawing, greek myth, illustration
Newspapering, and self-promotion - 10 days ago
As I may have mentioned on this blog before, I've been working with some friends to get a small newspaper off the ground here in Rogers Park, the Chicago community where I live. We're still growing and improving after 7 months of learning on the.. Topics: humor, newspaper




























