BURDENED
I am born, I age, I grow and I learn that I will later only wither and die but meanwhile I will covet n’ yearn the things I would be burdened by. I forged my hopes and expectations to reach the milestones I would try, obtain wealth and accommodations these things that I was […]
Guernica
This painting is called “Guernica”, and it is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. The grey, black, and white painting portrays the suffering wrought by violence and chaos. Prominently featured in the composition are […]
DO CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN?
Are we who we think we are? are we who we hope we are? are we how we want to be seen? or are we as people see us? Can our perception be successfully manipulated? Is our aesthetic a banner, like the flags of old lords? Is it a declaration of value, the value […]
TASKS
Another working day arrives and asks, have you planned out all of your tasks? Are you prepared to further slave away and to replicate in full, your yesterday? A.G. Munson
THIS SUNDAY MORNING
As I slowly awake from a good nights sleep I set my drowsy focus on the quiet and calm, so I brew good coffee and adjust my mind quietly starting my day in effortless peace. My outside world is now a snow flakey quiet a clear cold view of the winters stronghold over everything […]
The great actor Robert Mitchum was a fellow poet. Here is one of his poems:
_________________ The Shadow The shadow breathes, just as we breathe in and out expanding as the spotlight turns toward us, its false sun highlighting the transient, feckless features of the body, lifting our little selves to extraordinary latitudes, and contracting only as we dare to turn. To understand. The intoxications of desire and fear, the […]
PERSIA
Iranians, Aryans, Persians, what is in a name given? Their history spanning thousands of years today their culture almost hidden under a newer faith ruling and dresses not being worn their music not danced to the glory of an empire casts a shadow over their modern times of a proud people who suffer still […]