July 2009 is gone, August now races towards conclusion and I’m thinking about my next adventure. But a haunting ghost of July continues to cause my mind and spirit to be restless. Perhaps more weakness than strength is my proclivity to be sentimental. A comment on Facebook from my childhood friend Lisa was all that [...]
Archives: Arts & Culture
How New Words Are Born
Stan Lerner is a rarity Well known for his gregarity When my friend Stan wrote “…I know gregarity isn’t a word, but it ought to be…” he inspired me to write the above iambic couplet. You see, he coined the word in a post in this blog and, if it eventually makes into widespread [...]
THE GUARDIAN PART 3
Foreword by Stan Lerner: “The Guardian” in its entirety is posted at the end of each installment. So, if you’re new to the series just scroll down to the beginning and enjoy some storytelling. The police, led by plain clothed Detective Fry, storm the room just as the dark figure brings the metal baton down [...]
THE GUARDIAN PART 2
Foreword by Stan Lerner: Sometimes the mind needs the type of rest that can best be found in the world of fiction. So take a few minutes each week and enjoy downtownster’s new superhero The Guardian. If you miss any installment of THE GUARDIAN each post ends with the entire story to date. Part 2 [...]
THE GUARDIAN
Foreword by Stan Lerner: It is true as stated in the most recent post of “Thought Tools” that wisdom is found in the unemotional ability to understand facts. But sometimes the mind needs the type of rest that can best be found in the world of fiction. So take a few minutes each week and [...]
Assemblage, Stop Frame and New Life
I did it, I got into Pharmaka, 101 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013. I swore to high heaven, last art walk, that I would not step foot near that gallery on the second Thursday of the month. Tonight, standing in front of a locked down Bert Green’s, I felt the pull, the force [...]
My Travels with Stan & Co. – Part Three
As we came down the impassible sidewalks Stan addressed Ana and I thusly, “I’m kind of hungry. How do you feel? It’s almost nine and I haven’t eaten”. “It’s almost nine?” I said incredulously. “Yeah, it is. Time goes by real fast on these Art Walks,” Stan explained. “I could stand a bite,” said [...]
BETTY BOOZE
REALITY BITES! SPIDEY… When I was approached for the interview I was caught between the need to verbally and alcoholically humiliate them, and the overwhelming sense that even “I” was too good for them. I knew I would need to get Heidi alone, so I could get her drunk and find out what she really [...]
FIDM- Now You Know
It was mid Monday afternoon and I had the perfect window of time. I took a lighthearted stroll down to FIDM, anticipating the show that was hanging in the foyer. I reached the school only to find it locked. Common sense absent for a moment, I strolled around back through the park to see if [...]
My Travels with Stan & Co. – Part Two
As we exited g727 into the throng who were milling about the doors of the three nearly adjacent galleries, Stan and Ana passed out their handbills, prompting many short conversations. This slowed our entrance into the neighboring Infusion Gallery. At each gallery, the three of us lit out on our own: Stan to talk [...]
