Maureen E. Doallas's Blog – July 2012 Archive (29)

Book Spine Poems

I'm having fun writing poems using only the titles of books:

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/book-spine-poems.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 31, 2012 at 6:42am — No Comments

Monday Muse Watches 'Sea Salt'

Today, Monday Muse watches an animation, "Sea Salt", of a poem by Colorado's Poet Laureate David Mason.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/monday-muse-watches-sea-salt.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 30, 2012 at 6:21am — No Comments

Thought for the Day

Sunday's Thought for the Day comes from Toshiro Ogura, a Hiroshima survivor quoted in Rahna Reiko Rizzuto's memoir Hiroshima in the Morning.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/thought-for-day_29.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 29, 2012 at 8:07am — No Comments

Saturday Sharing (My Finds Are Yours)

Take some time to chill with today's edition of Saturday Sharing. You'll find links to Urban Ghosts, The Imagination Factory, a Cretaceous Garden, poetry comics, and Gapminder. The edition rounds out with a video of "Rains of Poems Over London".

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/saturday-sharing-my-finds-are-yours_28.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 28, 2012 at 7:55am — No Comments

All Art Friday

Today's All Art Friday spotlights Suhair Sibai, who uses the female form to explore identity and the self; the photography collective Grain; Julia Strand's reference book creations; Karen Margolis's paper art; Alan Turing prints; and Brooklyn's Textile Arts Center.

The round-up highlights exhibitions of Larence Ferlinghetti paintings, graphics, and writings (Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, California), Tamarind Institute's pairings in "AFRO: Black Identity in America and Brazil";…

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Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 27, 2012 at 7:53am — No Comments

A 'Metta' Meditation

I've posted a guided "metta", or "lovingkindness", meditation led by Sylvia Boorstein during a conversation with Krista Tippett of On Being before a live audience in Detroit. I was drawn to how Boorstein framed the meditation as a blessing for oneself. Try the meditation and share your experience of lovingkindness.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-metta-meditation.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 26, 2012 at 6:23am — No Comments

Amy Sillman: Paint Meets Word

Today's post looks at a video, "Draft of a Voice-Over for Split-Screen Video Loop", a collaboration between artist Amy Sillman and poet Lisa Robertson.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/amy-sillman-paint-meets-word.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 25, 2012 at 4:30am — No Comments

Gernike Remembered (Poem)

I've posted a new poem, "Gernika Remembered":

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/gernika-remembered-poem.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 24, 2012 at 6:22am — No Comments

Monday Muse: Georgia's Poet Laureate

Monday Muse profiles Judson Mitcham, Georgia's Poet Laureate:

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/monday-muse-georgias-poet-laureate.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 23, 2012 at 5:56am — No Comments

Thought for the Day

Today's quote comes from poet and critic John Hollander.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/thought-for-day_22.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 22, 2012 at 8:04am — No Comments

Saturday Sharing (My Finds Are Yours)

Today's finds include a garden of LEGO sculptures, the Internet Hall of Fame, a directory of "green" blogs, and a living art project in Italy in which anyone with a gardener's thumb may participate.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/saturday-sharing-my-finds-are-yours_21.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 21, 2012 at 8:30am — No Comments

All Art Friday

Today's All Art Friday spotlights a survey about persons of high net worth who own art; a Tumblr site featuring pages from Keith Haring's journals; a link to a trailer for a documentary about performance artist Marina Abramovic; and a video feature about Los Angeles figurative artist Ruth Weisberg.

The round highlights exhibitios at the Smart Museum of Art, Chicago (German surrealist Richard Oelze), Queens Museum of Art, The Studio Museum, and El Museo del Barrio, New York City…

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Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 20, 2012 at 6:00am — No Comments

Hear the Words You Wear

Today's post looks at the Lace Senor project of designers Anja Hertenberger and Meg Grant, who have created clothing that recites poetry.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/hear-words-you-wear.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 19, 2012 at 7:11am — No Comments

A Single Sentence Animation

Today's post features the terrific trailer for the novel Us by Michael Kimball. The trailer is a beautiful animation by Luca Dipierro.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-single-sentence-animation.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 18, 2012 at 7:00am — No Comments

Palm Reading (Poem)

Today's poem, "Palm Reading", is dedicated to artist Michelle Rummel, who was featured in the Image-ine series at TweetSpeakPoetry last week. Shell's artwork inspired the poem.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/palm-reading-poem.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 17, 2012 at 7:16am — No Comments

Monday Muse: West Virginia's Poet Laureate

Monday Muse profiles the Poet Laureate of West Virginia, Marc Harshman, who succeeded Irene McKinney, who died this past February.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/monday-muse-west-virginias-poet.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 16, 2012 at 7:07am — No Comments

Saturday Sharing (My Finds Are Yours)

Today's edition of Saturday Sharing will take you below the New York Public Library, show you where to find images of war, let you listen to poetry, and lead you to a place devoted to books. You'll also be liked to the video selection "Crow Moon" and be introduced to "Little Sun" by Olafur Eliasson.…

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Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 14, 2012 at 7:53am — No Comments

All Art Friday

Today's All Art Friday spotlights Julian Koschwitz's installations, a new Frank Lloyd Wright gallery in Racine, Wis., sculptor Alice Simpson's dancing-inspired artist books; Magdalena Abakanowicz's "Walking Figures" in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York City, and Pat Steir's color gravure at Crown Point Press. A video of Steir discussing her art also is provided.

The roundup peeks into shows of glass artists at the Museum of Northwest Art (La Conner, Washington) and Chazen Museum of…

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Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 13, 2012 at 7:16am — No Comments

Domino Van Gogh

A bit of fun today: Canada's "FlippyCat" took 11 hours and 7,000 dominoes to recreate van Gogh's "Starry Night":

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/domino-van-gogh.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 12, 2012 at 5:39am — No Comments

Donna Ferato's 'I Am Unbeatable'

Today's post profiles the "I Am Unbeatable" campaign of photographer, producer, videographer, writer, and activist Donna Ferrato, who for decades has focused her camera on domestic violence. Included is a video that explains the project for which Ferrato is seeking funding.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/donna-ferratos-i-am-unbeatable.html

Added by Maureen E. Doallas on July 11, 2012 at 6:04am — No Comments