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Culture, Place, Poetry, Prose

The Seven Men of Eptagonia and Other Poems

The Seven Men of Eptagonia (with interjections from my grandfather) In a small town up the breast of the uppermost land mound there is a land of Seven Corners where – They do – there are seven men who like to sit on the seventh corner of the seven bendy hills – They Do! – positioning their white plastic chairs […]

Art, Photography

The Sublime West

JEFF CORWIN ARTIST STATEMENT  Before I started to devote myself full time to my personal work, I spent 40 years inthe world of commercial photography. The majority of my clients were ad agenciesand graphic design firms. My photographic focus was on corporate offices,factories, oil refineries and aerospace companies with dark busy manufacturingfacilities. I learned that my job title was not […]

Poetry

Collection: Moonlight on Water

The Veil In the light I whisper promises, Carried by the winds,  As they echoed softly in the moonlit sky. I speak of my sorrows and plead my case, I shatter and break in that endless space. In between the knowing, That thin veil which holds the question, I lay all my tears and desires.  I rest by that creek […]

Art, Painting

A Collection of Images by Bette Ridgeway

Bette Ridgeway is best known for her large-scale, luminous poured canvases that push the boundaries of  light, color and design. Her youth spent in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York and  her extensive global travel have informed her colorful palette. For the past two decades, the high desert  light of Santa Fe, NM has fueled Ridgeway’s art practice. 

Culture, Ecosystems, Philosophy, Place

Ancient Olive Trees

May a man look up from the utter hardship of his life and say: let me be like these. Hölderlin, In Lovely Blue. 1 Circa 1400 BCE. An olive tree in Vouvés, Crete. From ‘vouvismos’ meaning the whispering of the river flowing through. It wasn’t the only thing that lived then. There were many: cicadas and acanthus flowers, cacti and […]