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Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:16 PM
The Last Question
 In May 1929, the final issue appeared of the seminal art and literary magazine,The Little Review. It was devoted to the results of a questionnaire that the editors--Jane Heap and Margaret Anderson--had distributed to (as stated) "more than fifty of the foremost men in the arts." As a historical document, it is particularly fascinating, and on several levels. Not only do we get the actual questionnaire and the actual responses, we get photographs of the respondents, and we get an overall picture of some of the feelings, ideas and beliefs of many modernists. |
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Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:56 PM
Recently I discovered that a copy of
one of my early poetry chapbooks is available for sale through a
couple of online rare/out-of-print bookselling sites. It's listed
variously as a "signed first edition" and as "collectible."
At first I was highly amused to see my work classified in such ways,
but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that the
descriptions are accurate. The bookiscollectible; it is not
available in brick-and-mortar stores or even on my website. |
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Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2012 11:46 AM
I subscribe toBOMBMagazine, and in the current issue (Number 118, Winter 2012) I found something good in an interview with artistJohn Miller. He makes some very articulate observations on contemporary circumstances surrounding the profession of artist, and the educational approach that (sometimes) prepares people for that profession. Here's the part of the interview that best resonates for me:
The fundamental problem with being an artist is trying to figure out how to use your time and what to do with yourself. |
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Posted on Saturday, August 27, 2011 1:15 PM
This is my desk, in my studio.  I'm looking at it. It's full of stuff I've been working on, and tools I've been using in that work. Sometimes it's both enticing and repellant, a place of simultaneously great comfort and great irritation.
I've been spending too much time at it recently, but I've also been spending more time than usual away from it this past week. I've been seeing friends, going to poetry readings and performances, being more social and less studio-bound. But it's still largely poetry/art-oriented activity. |
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Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2011 3:33 PM
In the May '11 issue ofArt in America, the "Roundtable" regular feature focuses on a panel discussion moderated by Douglas Dreishpoon, who's chief curator at my old hometown haunt, theAlbright-Knox Art Gallery(AKrepresent!). Titled, "Artists in a Parallel Universe," this piece addresses an issue that every artist faces, even at times struggles with, but is sometimes loath to discuss. The panel discussion, excerpted and transcribed, involves five noted artists (Petah Coyne, Philip Taafe, Vija Celmins, Robert Gober and Janine Antoni) with varying practices, all basically answering the question in the title above. |
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