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Posted on Sunday, September 16, 2012 11:00 AM
Borderbend Arts Collective Fundraiser at Reversible Eye GallerySaturday, September 22 (8-11 p.m.)Reversible Eye1103 N. California Ave.Chicago, IL 60622
The Borderbend Arts Collective is having a fundraiser at Reversible Eye on Saturday, September 22nd -- a party with poetry readings, musical performances, refreshments and more. Hope to see you there!
AND:
The Seventh Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival happens September 27-October 13, with “Bicycles and the Arts” at Working Bikes Cooperative, “ |
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Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2012 2:06 PM
I am very pleased to announce that my full-length poetry collection Telephone has been accepted for publication by Brooklyn Arts Press for their 2013 series! I've been invited to do the cover, too, which is quite a luxury. I am deeply honored to be included in B.A.P.'s author lineup.
For those interested in purchasing a copy once it's available, you'll be able to do so (and to pre-order) online through B.A.P.'s website, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble. The book will also be handled in the U.
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Posted on Monday, July 16, 2012 1:19 PM
I've lately been adding some of my own Impossible Project™ instant photographs to the gallery area of the Impossible website. See them here--and check there often, as I am taking a lot of photos these days! |
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Posted on Monday, July 16, 2012 1:15 PM
Here is a post I wrote for Nicholas Alexander Hayes' blog Zipper. |
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Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2012 1:23 PM
This post starts an intermittent series of brief essays on poetics and on the practice of poetry. Look for other essays under the series titleThe Querist of Forms.
THE MANY LIVES OF A TEXT
One piece of writing can have many lives. In commercial or academic culture it's been traditional to see the book publication as the end goal--and somehow the "realest" form--of any text. But even the form or version of a text that is printed in a book is not necessarily the final version. |
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Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2012 3:54 PM
 You know the feeling.
You set up a shot with your instant camera, loaded with Impossible Project™ film. You've taken every precaution against light contamination in the first few seconds after the shot exits the camera (perhaps purchasing an accessory to aid your efforts in image-shielding). But for whatever reason--you're in a hurry, you're distracted--you later discover that you've accidentally blown out your carefully-composed photograph. It hurts. It stings. |
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Posted on Friday, May 18, 2012 11:07 AM
Ever since I got my Polaroid Spectra, I've been experimenting diligently with various "guerrilla" techniques for making and altering instant photos. One of those techniques, the double exposure, is particularly wonderful for adventurous people who want to make equally adventurous images. The exciting truth is that these methods allow you to set up a double-exposure--combining subjects and textures and lighting conditions using your imagination & experience--without completely controlling the results! |
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Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:42 AM
 Shot indoors using Impossible Project PZ 680 SilverShade
Indoors; PZ 680 SilverShade Black Frame
Outdoors in bright sun; PZ 680 ColorShade |
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Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:08 PM
It's been a long time since I posted about what's happening in the studio. I've lost interest somewhat in traditional oil painting, though I'm confident there will come a time when the paint imperative takes hold once more. I've got a stash of new canvases on standby, for when I catch the flash of motivation for the painting project I'm toying with in my head.
Instead of painting, lately I've returned to photography (the discipline I've pursued for as many years as I've devoted to poetry). |
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Posted on Monday, April 09, 2012 12:32 PM
Last week I bought myself a treat to celebrate my participation in the "Visual Poetics" exhibition this month at Addison Center for the Arts.
 I went to see the wonderful people atA&A Studiosand bought a used Polaroid Spectra camera, as seen here. I actually bought their advertised Spectra Starter Kit, because it came with a three-pack of all three Impossible Project™ films created for use in the Spectra.
In the days before digital photography (and way before cameraphones, much less smartphones and pads) the exciting Polaroid camera family made available vast new ranges of possibility for impatient photographers. |
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