Ophelia and the Water Lilies “Water Lilies” is painted with the same depth as “Ophelia” – the same thought, layering, penetration. The rushes are not the fronts of rushes but bushes of unseen rushes. It is hard not to admire both paintings with hushed reverence for their detail. I believe “Water Lilies” is the more successful…
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Reflections on a swimsuit walk near Tunnel Mountain
Along the smooth path powdered with dust, Beneath the bluish shadows of the evergreen. Where is the thing that I lost? Toppled crags and boulders grow in clusters, guard the way. Clamber over, run away, Each tread sprays yellow moss. How many ants have marched this day? Spears of light pierce the woods The stones…
Dialogue between King Coronus and the Man from Underground
The Man from Underground lives in a system of tunnels bored into the soil and lit by dim electric lightbulbs. Coronus moves in many castles, some overlooking the mighty ocean, others set like jewels in forests of pine. The Man from Underground has journeyed far to reach the dread surface of the world. After many…
French Echoes
We had a Jam Club party at the end of the school year and watched Disney’s the Hunchback of Notre Dame. I’m reading it right now. Just made an idea web of the similarities and differences between Dumas and Hugo. Ernest Hemingway wrote a beautiful little collection of stories called A Moveable Feast about his…