Saw this quote (on a luggage tag) and liked it, so here I'm puttin' it:
A still more glorious dawn awaits
Not a sunrise, but a galaxy rise
A morning filled with 400 billion suns
The rising of the Milky Way
-Carl Sagan
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
artist statement 2
In my poetry, the body is key. My branch of embodied poetics recognizes that silence stems not just from a lack of will or fear of being heard, but also from absence of tongue or vocal chords. With modern technology allowing the poet to create at a rate of 85 word per minute, the fingers are forgotten in the creation of the poem. We do not recognize the poetic experience as a melding of mind and body or a practice that obscures the line between soul and flesh but instead bow (figuratively, not literally) to our Muses.
I seek to obscure the line between mental and physical, artistic and scientific, word and music; my writing draws upon the suffering of one with continuous acute pain poetically referred to as the body broken, scientifically identified as myofascial pain syndrome. Yet, as I traipse pen in hand through the world of medicine and medical fallibility, I become increasingly interested in its poetic nature, duality fades and powerfully diminishes.
As a graduate student, I study the ways in which words are used to describe the experience of pain. Interestingly, the scientific community has a list of terms compiled for the understanding of a patient's pain, what is referred to as the McGill Pain Questionnaire. Pain can be "sharp" or "splitting," "sickening" or "suffocating."
I wish to do away with the dualism which so permeates our society. Pain, for me, is not simply bad. There are certain advantages. Poetry allows the pain to speak for itself and allows me, my mind, my fingers, and my aching neck to scream out to be heard. Rather than hide my pain from my subjectivity in the artistic process, I work to exemplify Lourde's one-breasted woman, the wounded figure who calls the other disfigured souls to her side in the creation of community.
Note-- probably should note something about embodiment of race too... get some other subjectivity-ness in here.
I seek to obscure the line between mental and physical, artistic and scientific, word and music; my writing draws upon the suffering of one with continuous acute pain poetically referred to as the body broken, scientifically identified as myofascial pain syndrome. Yet, as I traipse pen in hand through the world of medicine and medical fallibility, I become increasingly interested in its poetic nature, duality fades and powerfully diminishes.
As a graduate student, I study the ways in which words are used to describe the experience of pain. Interestingly, the scientific community has a list of terms compiled for the understanding of a patient's pain, what is referred to as the McGill Pain Questionnaire. Pain can be "sharp" or "splitting," "sickening" or "suffocating."
I wish to do away with the dualism which so permeates our society. Pain, for me, is not simply bad. There are certain advantages. Poetry allows the pain to speak for itself and allows me, my mind, my fingers, and my aching neck to scream out to be heard. Rather than hide my pain from my subjectivity in the artistic process, I work to exemplify Lourde's one-breasted woman, the wounded figure who calls the other disfigured souls to her side in the creation of community.
Note-- probably should note something about embodiment of race too... get some other subjectivity-ness in here.
Year of Books- Year Two!
From September 10, 2010- September 10, 2011.
Pinball, 1973
I Know this Much is True
Dance Dance Dance
One Day
Dick of the Dead
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Super Sad True Love Story
Howl
After the Quake
Antwerp- Roberto Bolano
My Life- Lyn Hejinian
Fledgling
Criss Cross
Hear the Wind Sing
Savages- Don Winslow (apparently, there are a lot of them out there...)
Wild Sheep Chase
Norwegian Wood
Give Us a Kiss
Turtle in Paradise
Moon over Manifest
Sputnik Sweetheart
Tomato Red
Woman Hollering Creek
On Hundred Demons
Pedro Parámo
Something Borrowed
Homer's Odyssey (about the cat, not the dude)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Black Automaton
[one love affair]*
d/Deaf and d/Dumb
Mockingjay
Catching Fire
True Grit
When You Reach Me
Winter's Bone
Beezus and Ramona
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Thirteenth: The End
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Twelfth: The Penultimate Peril
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Eleventh: The Grim Grotto
Clementine
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Tenth: The Slippery Slope
Lullabies for Little Criminals
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Ninth: The Carnivorous Carnival
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Eighth: The Hostile Hospital
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Seventh: The Vile Village
How to Train Your Dragon Book 7: How to Ride a Dragon's Storm
The Mysterious Benedict Society Book One
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Sixth: The Ersatz Elevator
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Fifth: The Austere Academy
How to Train Your Dragon Book 6: A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons
How to Train Your Dragon Book 5: How to Twist a Dragon's Tail
The Lichtenberg Figures- Ben Lerner
How To Train Your Dragon: Book 4: How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse
How To Train Your Dragon: Book 3: How to Speak Dragonese
How To Train Your Dragon: Book 2: How To Be a Pirate
Dreadnought- Cherie Priest
Boneshaker- Cherie Priest
Fever Pitch- Nick Hornby
High Fidelity- Nick Hornby
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
Train Man
About a Boy
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Nature's Perfect Food- DuPuis
Poverty Capital- Ananya Roy
Waiting to Exhale- Terry McMillan
Ruined- Lynn Nottage
Chronicle of a Death Foretold- Marquez
Remains of the Day- Ishiguro
Pinball, 1973
I Know this Much is True
Dance Dance Dance
One Day
Dick of the Dead
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Super Sad True Love Story
Howl
After the Quake
Antwerp- Roberto Bolano
My Life- Lyn Hejinian
Fledgling
Criss Cross
Hear the Wind Sing
Savages- Don Winslow (apparently, there are a lot of them out there...)
Wild Sheep Chase
Norwegian Wood
Give Us a Kiss
Turtle in Paradise
Moon over Manifest
Sputnik Sweetheart
Tomato Red
Woman Hollering Creek
On Hundred Demons
Pedro Parámo
Something Borrowed
Homer's Odyssey (about the cat, not the dude)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Black Automaton
[one love affair]*
d/Deaf and d/Dumb
Mockingjay
Catching Fire
True Grit
When You Reach Me
Winter's Bone
Beezus and Ramona
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Thirteenth: The End
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Twelfth: The Penultimate Peril
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Eleventh: The Grim Grotto
Clementine
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Tenth: The Slippery Slope
Lullabies for Little Criminals
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Ninth: The Carnivorous Carnival
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Eighth: The Hostile Hospital
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Seventh: The Vile Village
How to Train Your Dragon Book 7: How to Ride a Dragon's Storm
The Mysterious Benedict Society Book One
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Sixth: The Ersatz Elevator
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Fifth: The Austere Academy
How to Train Your Dragon Book 6: A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons
How to Train Your Dragon Book 5: How to Twist a Dragon's Tail
The Lichtenberg Figures- Ben Lerner
How To Train Your Dragon: Book 4: How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse
How To Train Your Dragon: Book 3: How to Speak Dragonese
How To Train Your Dragon: Book 2: How To Be a Pirate
Dreadnought- Cherie Priest
Boneshaker- Cherie Priest
Fever Pitch- Nick Hornby
High Fidelity- Nick Hornby
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
Train Man
About a Boy
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Nature's Perfect Food- DuPuis
Poverty Capital- Ananya Roy
Waiting to Exhale- Terry McMillan
Ruined- Lynn Nottage
Chronicle of a Death Foretold- Marquez
Remains of the Day- Ishiguro
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
3:15 Experiment - Day Thirty-One--End!
wanting to pull out the good stuff
find some great words
to sound genius-like at the end
but all I really got is sleep need
waking up by self or maybe
never slept at all tonight
worrying about temporal things
at least the cats are happy
find some great words
to sound genius-like at the end
but all I really got is sleep need
waking up by self or maybe
never slept at all tonight
worrying about temporal things
at least the cats are happy
Sunday, August 29, 2010
3:15 Experiment - Day Twenty-Nine
as a city dweller
I am psychologically upset
by the quiet of the early morning
reminding me of a horror film
just before the murder
when all the noise vanishes
early morning should be peaceful
but it is troublesome
all the manufactured fears
the darkness will get me
the silence will get me
the hour itself will consume
witching hour superstitions
the devil awakens as
I awaken to write poetry
but if that were so I think
that there would be the inevitability
of writers block
I am psychologically upset
by the quiet of the early morning
reminding me of a horror film
just before the murder
when all the noise vanishes
early morning should be peaceful
but it is troublesome
all the manufactured fears
the darkness will get me
the silence will get me
the hour itself will consume
witching hour superstitions
the devil awakens as
I awaken to write poetry
but if that were so I think
that there would be the inevitability
of writers block
Saturday, August 28, 2010
3:15 Experiment - Day Twenty-Eight
the pain is worst at night
awakening at 3:15
yawning loudly and stretching
clearing throat of phlegm
chewing/smacking breakfast
blow drying its many hairs
putting on its face and
brushing its teeth
before throwing a dinner party
inviting all of its friends
turned into orgy or raver
pounding motion on the neighbor’s roof
I really need to move
awakening at 3:15
yawning loudly and stretching
clearing throat of phlegm
chewing/smacking breakfast
blow drying its many hairs
putting on its face and
brushing its teeth
before throwing a dinner party
inviting all of its friends
turned into orgy or raver
pounding motion on the neighbor’s roof
I really need to move
Friday, August 27, 2010
A Year of Books- Second Time!
So, if you'll refer to the very old Books post of September 10, 2009, which was reposted in December, you will see all the books I've read, and a very silly error which made me believe I was books away after attaining my goal weeks ago. I am going to keep the count going until September 10 so I can see exactly how many non-required reading books I read in a year. I am happy to see that I hit 52 books easily, even before my vacation :)
Anyway, on September 10th, I'll start up a new logging post with all the books I'm reading. I was going to start it now, but that seems so... anticlimactic? Kind of like logging your 51/52nd book and realizing that you'd already hit sixty O.o
Maybe I'll do some stat-y thing too. See how many books of different genres. Probably, I won't, because I really don't like statistics. But I do like math. Dilemma...
Anyway, on September 10th, I'll start up a new logging post with all the books I'm reading. I was going to start it now, but that seems so... anticlimactic? Kind of like logging your 51/52nd book and realizing that you'd already hit sixty O.o
Maybe I'll do some stat-y thing too. See how many books of different genres. Probably, I won't, because I really don't like statistics. But I do like math. Dilemma...
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