Saturday, March 25, 2023

When Improving the Chi Leaps to Mind

Five of the eight finalists were 
Powered by batteries
Made from recycled nuclear waste
And so’s Muffie’s kibble 
Made from recycled nuclear waste.
All safe and clean.

Health outcomes improved.
Where? 
At the Health Outcomes Improvement Center.
Desert sand is turned into water.
Where? 
At the Desert Water Extraction Center.

When improving the Chi leaps to mind
Simply reach for the total 
Brightener plus moisturizer all in one.
Save time, money and hassle.
Jump up now and be special
Everywhere you click.


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Thursday, March 23, 2023

Women


UTAMI

The cats from next door
Stop by the studio for treats.
How may I treat you?

Biodiversity?
Intersectionality?
Legroom?

A solo exhibition.
A safe conduct app.
Come. Slowly. Eden.


FILIPINAS FISHING ON THE PIER

Crazy hats.
Crazy smocks.
Crazy leggings.
Super cool.
Quoting Rizal
In Tagalog.


CAUTION (FOR AZM)

Highspeed wrestlers
Pass through station
Without stopping.



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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Decoding

 


Toni Morrison, from Beloved

“Definitions belong to the definers---not the defined.”

Joy Harjo, from Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light

“Everyone laughed at the impossibility of it
But also the truth. Because who would believe
The fantastic and terrible story of all of our survival…”

Ralph Ellison, from Invisible Man

“Why, they even tried to dispossess us of our dislike of being dispossessed! And I’ll tell you something else—if we don’t resist, pretty soon they’ll succeed! These are the days of dispossession, the season of homelessness, the time of evictions. We’ll be dispossessed of the very brains in our heads!”

Elizabeth Grosz, from Chaos. Territory. Art.

“While there is no universal art, no art form, no music or painting, that appeals everywhere in the same way, it is also true that there is no culture without its own arts, without its own forms of bodily enhancement and intensification.”

Tony Alva, skateboarding legend, in Thrasher magazine

“You can hurt your style with your fashion choices, but the bottom line is how you’re handling your shit on the board.”

David Gonzalez, skateboarding legend, in Thrasher magazine

“You can’t just be all about partying and girls, you gotta still go kill it.”


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Monday, March 20, 2023

Spring in North America


I WENT TO LINCOLN

I played the tuba.


PRETTY GIRLS IN SUPERBLOOM

They’re like do you have Himalayan salt?


LIVE STREAMING

Zebra striped crosswalks, 
The kind photographers 
Like to shoot.


JAPANESE LADY BUGS

Under the influence. 
The sun is nature’s blanket.


APPEAL

Some ten angels responded
With an integrated flyover.
No greater togetherness.


WHAT THE AGE DEMANDED

Images, icons and emojis tell the story,
Runes riffing the rip and shred of life beneath digital platforms.
And I was reeling from the news on Thursday.


REMEMBER FUCKIN’

What’s his name in Florence?
Strangest Capricorn I’ve ever seen.


NEW THINKING ON MELROSE

Defund the elites.
Stop human trafficking.


SHOWCASING NEXT GEN DOORBELL CAMS

Something so advanced 
I can’t tell you but I can show you.


TAKE NO THOUGHT FOR THE BODY

Just give us your ring name and 
Where you are out of.



© 2023 Randy Stark
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My books are available on Amazon.


Sunday, March 19, 2023

Rim Talay

 

If it weren't for these late breakfasts, there'd be no breakfasts at all.

As I’ve been working on two writing projects over the past few months the following references and links and names of artists provided inspiration. To name a few.

Simon Ortiz:  “If it’s fiction, it better be true.”

 I came across the name Jo Freeman and the phrase “the tyranny of structurelessness” having been victimized by it for so many years LOL So I did some research, and sure enough. 
I wish I had known about this prior to entering the workforce. 

A 1970s Essay Predicted Silicon Valley's High-Minded Tyranny | WIRED


Anyway, take your music to the next level:

I'm back in the saddle again
Out where a friend is a friend
Where the longhorn cattle feed
On the lowly gypsum weed
Back in the saddle again
 (by Gene Autry and Ray Whitley)

Or this
 

“The Nightingale” is what I heard.

Anuj Shrestha (anujink.com)

Natalia Goncharova - Wikipedia

(Glass recordings!)

Florene Price Symphony number one in e minor

Symphony number 3 by Ellen Zwilich

And Ellen Zwilich's Septet for Piano Trio and String Quartet

O.M.G.

 Or this:
(I hope these links to youtube videos still work and haven’t too many ads)

 This has been heavy in my rotation for the past month or so. The first selection on this video, la damoiselle elue by Claude Debussy is my favorite, but the entire program is amazing.

 And this has been go to: The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Art Blakey's 1960 Jazz Messengers Vol I - YouTube

Wayne Shorter played in this iteration of the Jazz Messengers. I’ve listened to Wayne Shorter recordings from this period, three especially, and then from the Weather Report era. So much more to learn. 

joan tower - YouTube 

Born To Be Blue - YouTube 

And have I mentioned before these? 

Lorrie Moore, A Gate at the Stairs, 2009 

“Walking home, I passed a squirrel that had been hit by a car. It’s soft, scarlet guts spilled out of its mouth, as if in a dialogue balloon, and the wind gently blew the fur of its tail, as if it were still alive.” 

Luciano Berio

Sinfonía for 8 voices 

Gustavo Dudamel ~ Danzón No. 2 (Marquez) ~ Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar - YouTube

 Sonny Clark Trio Complete Studio Recordings Vol. I - YouTube

 I could go on.

Seamus Heany North
Kenny Burrell, Soul Call
Alex LaGuma, A Walk in the Night and Other Stories
“At the Portagees”
Unsuk Chin, Graffiti 2013
Anne-Sophie Mutter Recital May 2000 Stuttgart

Next.


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Saturday, March 18, 2023

In What May Be His Most Stunning Post Yet


EVERY BOAT TACKS DIFFERENTLY

Test your bilge pump.


AT THE SCHOOL OF SHOES

I played a pair of shoelaces.


TWELVE PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED TAKES

"Why I oughta run you in."


LAST TIME I READ THE NEW YORK TIMES

Last time I sat in 
Smoking.


TWO WAYS TO SAVE 

Smarter and more.


TWO WAYS TO EARN

More and 8X more.


THE TEN BEST PRACTICES

For you from God via Moses,
According to inside sources.


IT’S ALWAYS PARIS

Somewhere.


RINGO STARR IN RIVERDANCE

The perfect gift to
Say I Love U with.


WHOOPI WEIGHS IN

Our country, its thinkers.


JULES VERNE

“Oh, sir, a hive!”
“A hive?” 
“Yes, a hive!” 


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Thursday, March 16, 2023

Hella Stoked


LUXURY SPEEDWAY

So I always say
With celebrity investors 
And institutionally collected artists
One for luxury,
One for your pocket, 
And one to take to bed.
Fortune favors the acclaimed.
The views are fabulous.


THE FACTORY GOOFED

If it is determined
After field contact
You need help getting up
A hippo’ll help you
Give you a little nudge
Lasting and impactful
Knock you into next Tuesday
A good chance.


ALL THE WORLD’S A SKATE PARK

And I’m taking a ribbon ride
Slappy 50-50
Switch 180 wallie 
Frontside flip
Seriously epic
Gym crush
Tanzanian beans
Hella stoked.


© 2023 Randy Stark
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My books are available on Amazon.