When Pat Martino suffered a near-fatal seizure, he was left with severe memory loss. He had no memory of guitar... he even forgot the identity of his parents. He relearned guitar, note by note, from his own recordings. His teacher was a stranger... himself. youtu.be/QGti6Fox6WE?...
N. K. Jemisin The Fifth Season "You are she. She is you. You are Essun. Remember! The woman whose son is dead. You're an orogene... Only three people here know what you are, and two of them you gave birth to. Well. One left who knows, now." #HowBooksBegin
Good work... good trouble. Here's some shots from Arvada: (Take care neighbor ✊)
Oh yes, I remember that pic. I reposted it on Twitter, I believe. Anyway, I was a bit older than you, it was a $125 archtop style from a pawn shop... they threw in a tiny amp. (Sorry, I don't have a picture.) I looked online to find one like it... it was something like this, but WAY crappier:
Totally! I was just listening to Cecil Taylor "Jumpin' Punkins" which is also pretty entangled... especially for Taylor. (Steve Lacy, Clark Terry, Archie Shepp, Charles Davis, Buell Neidlinger, Dennis Charles, Roswell Rudd, and Billy Higgins) Photo: Cecil Taylor, Buell Neidlinger, Steve Lacy
Indeed! Thank you, loveaspurpose. 🧡 I saw that quote attributed to Kirby and I thought about the transformations of certain - large - characters he co-created (with Stan Lee), characters like Thing and Hulk... there seemed to be a fair degree of symbolism. The dream lives... or is it a monster.
Thank you, Wolfgang. Your comment is quite astute... there was an anti-art-establishment element to some of his work. 'Fountain' is the best example... but, I'm sure you'd agree, the implications are far greater than just the art world.
Let's decide that posting here is not art. Then let's talk together about art. L.H.O.O.Q., 1919 L.H.O.O.Q. Shaved, 1965 Marcel Duchamp
Kurt Vonnegut's advice to high schoolers: “Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction... no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience BECOMING, to find out what’s inside you, to MAKE YOUR SOUL GROW.”
Worked all day... so it's been really good and productive. Maybe I'll have a cremesicle now. Hope yours is starting out as good or better. 😊
National SO-111N Portable Phonograph & Keyboard (1960s) "Sometimes I think all I'm ever doing is trying to convince myself I'm alive" insheepsclothinghifi.com/japanese-por... youtu.be/ecIPJaxkZ7w?...
The Modern Lovers are the best part of my heart... the part I try to cultivate... usually unsuccessfully. I've mentioned my stories about my interactions with Jonathan Richman in the past. He's very important to me.
Thanks so much, Robin. That whole "tan suit controversy" was incoherent and silly... or was it?
Thank you, as always, Laura. I have more pictures, but the one of the mother carrying her daughter stayed with me the most. She was there when I got there, child on her back. When I had to leave, she was still there, child on her back. So did she carry that weight. I am utterly humbled. 😔
No Kings Protest Arvada, Colorado 6/14/26 For Democracy. For the future. For our children. For Good.
Drop something from the 1970s 🗓️🖤⏰ The Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Bigfoot action figures. 1975
There will always be challenges and oppression. And there will always be those who keep the light. But, I hear your concerns... I guess, we each do what we can. ❤️ “Everything will be all right. And, even if it won't be, we’ll have the consolation of having lived honest lives.” ― Alexei Navalny
"As a child I never imagined that all of the real monsters in the world would be human." Mobeen Hakeem mobeenhakeem.tumblr.com/my-writing Painting Misty Lindsey
Thanks, Pauline. Love straight back to you! 😊 You know, I really love all the women in the Trek universe. It sucked to limit it to only 4 picks. I think the hardest omission was Michelle Yeoh from Discovery. So fun... so badass.
Like them a lot... This one is one of my favorites... Although I've been told... that if I understood the lyrics that I wouldn't like it. But, I let the lyrics in songs come to me if they want to... if not, I'm cool.
"I found out today, we're going wrong" youtu.be/eE-TTVNbdGE?... My cousin was killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." I wonder if he ever heard this song and what he might have thought about it. #MemorialDay
🤣 Brutal. Missing Cale Makar is proving disastrous for the Avs... or did the Avs just pick a bad time to suck? 🤷♂️
"The day the mountains move has come..." Yosano Akiko 1878-1942 Author Poet Feminist Pacifist Social Reformer (The anime/manga character from Bungo Stray Dogs is named for her.)