Happy St Paddy’s Day! en theos press invites you to a book launch & party at El Jardin
For St Patrick’s Day, how about something a little different?
Instead of or before you hit your local pub, join us in the El Jardin Courtyard (451 E. Main downtown Ventura) for authentic Irish music and more by “Irish Ethos” aka John and Sally McNally.
It’s an en theos press book launch party for my new poetry collection Middle of the Night Poems From Daughter to Mother::Mother to Son and for Danika Dinsmore’s tween fantasy novel Brigitta of the White Forest.
Plus refreshments of course!! And Borbala Arvai is bringing some of her wonderful BoriDolls. And more! You never know, there might even be a reading or two.
Also in the El Jardin courtyard, you can go upstairs to Kama Sutra’s Closet (18 and over only) and you’ll find my art opening for “impressions” which are actual impressions of my (naked!) body on fabric, Many of the paintings go with poems, like this one pictured which is in the show. I am also selling poetry broadsides, many inspired by the body paintings in the show. And you can buy my book there too! Plus upstairs is where you’ll find the wine!
What: St Patrick’s Day Party Thursday March 17
“Irish Ethos” featuring the talents of John & Sally McNally!
New books from en theos press authors
Danika Dinsmore & Gwendolyn Alley
El Jardin Courtyard
451 E. Main, downtown Ventura
thewhiteforest.com entheospress.com
So exciting! Today, March 15 (3/15!) I get my new poetry collection Middle of the Night Poems From Daughter to Mother out today from en theos press and I have a featured reading tonight at 7:30pm at the Artists Union Gallery! Today I’m also picking up Danika Dinsmore at the Burbank airport–she’s the one who started the 3:15 Experiment back in 1993 and invited me to join the fun in 2001. I’ve asked her to open my reading with one of hers and I will be inviting her to join me on the last poem I plan to read. I’ll post the links when I get a chance so you’ll be able to attend a virtual reading! I’m also planning on posting some recordings, doing a youtube or two, and a cd!
Hope to see you at the Artists Union Gallery tonight or at one of my upcoming book launch events!
Biting into a gala apple
fresh from the farmers market
mountain grown he said
evening of the fall equinox
I taste crisp sweet sharp
sudden memories of the
second weekend of that love.
Driving into San Francisco from Reno
many years ago now this week
chauffeured by my estranged spouse
he leaves me on your curb to find
taped to the mailbox keys
to your studio in an envelope
marked “Pingie” my baby name.
Letting myself inside for greetings by
lilies dahlias merlot galas
the presence and absence of you
I inhale this welcome and settle
shower off the residue of
my husband apply clarifying
mask and deep conditioner.
Soaking the barbs away at home
in your tub reading Love Medicine
you surprise me in this state
join me in showering away
conditioning masks pollutants
finding it unnecessary to
cover any nakedness.
Dawning Monday to being in love
I am advised of the dangers
of falling too far too fast
and no I didn’t heed the warning
and yes gravity strikes hard
Newton’s Law of Loving
still bruises galas this autumn.
This is a broadside based on one of the paintings hanging in my current show up now at Kama Sutra’s Closet in the El Jardin Courtyard in Ventura. The opening is Thursday and YOU are cordially invited! We will also be celebrating the launch of my new book, Middle of the Night Poems from Daughter to Mother :: Mother to Son which comes out tomorrow from en theos press.
The body painting uses apples impressed in the fabric as well as my body which I painted in the golden fall colors and mottled bark of a sycamore tree, then wrote the poem alongside; for an October group show at Ventura’s Art City, it hung above an accompanying installation of apples, fall dried flowers, sycamore branches and leaves. For the ArtLife broadside which was published in the October 1996 issue and was the second one I did, I photographed the painting, used white out to cover the now illegible words I had written on it, printed the painting using brown ink and then the text in blue. The broadsides are signed and numbered and available as is one of the two original paintings I did at the same time.
If you click on the image, it will enlarge and you can see more detail. I’ll try to post an image of it hanging at the show soon (subscribe so you won’t miss it!)
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Upcoming Book Launch Events
As you can see from the flyer, the next two weeks will be very exciting for me!
Here’s the schedule for March 2011:
featured reading
Tues. 3/15 7:30p
with Danika Dinsmore; open mic follows; bring 3:15s!
Artists Union Gallery, 330 So California, Ventura, CA
free but they pass the hat!
“impressions” art show, broadsides, books
Thurs. 3/17 5-7p
en theos press St Patrick’s Day Party Read more…
This is not an eyeball.
Instead, this is the eye of the Pacific Ocean after the 8.9 earthquake in Japan on Friday March 11, 2011.
It does look a bit bloodshot. But those red lines show the intensity of the tsunami that rocked and rolled the coastlines around the Pacific Rim all day today. Read more…
The San Buenaventura ArtRiders Bicycle & Social Club invites you to join us in the St Patrick’s Day Parade tomorrow, Saturday March 12. Meet us on Santa Clara between Ventura Avenue and Figueroa by 9:30 am in your tweedy leprechaun best!
Keep reading for more details about the St Pat’s Day Parade Ride and other cycling news and to see photos from last Friday’s ArtRide.
via Bikergo Gal
Please join me Tuesday March 15, 2011 at 7:30pm in the Artists Union Gallery for the first reading from my new poetry collection Middle of the Night Poems From Daughter to Mother :: Mother to Son (en theos press 2011). This is the paperback book edition of the chapbook I produced for the 2010 Women’s Conference.
Pictured is a broadside that was published in ArtLife Limited Editions in November 2003; it’s also on the inside cover of Middle of the Night. The original painting of my pregnant belly by Alan Sailer (with some manipulation by me) is a recurring motif in the book; it’s pictured in color on the back of the book (see below).
After Alan painted the clock, my belly was photographed by Tim Timmermans and I then used an ink printer in blue then copied the poem on top in black. Broadsides were signed and numbered and published in ArtLife Limited Editions in November 2003. I still have some for sale if you are interested.
The shooting star photograph we used for the cover of Middle of the Night is also by Alan Sailer. (Search for him by name on this site to see some of his other amazing photographs!)
As these are poems I wrote for the 3:15 Experiment from 2002-2010, I am excited to share the night with Danika Dinsmore, who began the 3:15 Experiment in 1993. She and I co-edited between sleeps the collection of 3:15 poetry by 24 international participants from the years 1993-2005 (en theos press 2006). I am also excited to hear work from other 3:15 poets in the open mic after my featured reading.
I look forward to seeing you for the reading at the AUG or at one of the other events around my book launch: St Patrick’s Day party at El Jardin Courtyard on Main in downtown Ventura March 17, Ojai WordFest Book Fair March 19 on Matilija Street, and the Ojai Wordfest Well Red event March 25 at Los Caporales outdoor patio by Libbey Park.
The following is from the new revised back cover of Middle of the Night Poems From Daughter to Mother :: Mother to Son: Read more…
Register now for “Message in a Bottle: Ocean to Ojai” Writing Workshop Thurs. March 24
Here are more details about the day of writing adventures “Message in a Bottle: Ocean to Ojai –Whales, Wines, Words” I am co-leading with Danika Dinsmore! You can get your tickets for the complete day of adventure now or sign up “a la carte” options at http://ocean2ojai.eventbrite.com. You can also get tickets direct from me at my poetry reading next Tuesday at the Artists Union or at the Book Fair at Ojai’s WordFest Saturday March 19. Early bird specials are on until midnight, March 19.
via The Write Alley
Today is 3/8! Which means it’s International Women’s Day
and I just realized when I looked at my stats that I’m only 800 page views away of hitting 300,000 total page views on this here Art Predator blog since I started in November 2007.
That’s a lot of eyeballs for an eclectic blog such as this one!
Please help me celebrate by leaving a comment! Since I average 300 page views a day, I’ll hit that magic number soon!
What have you all been reading so voraciously? What are you clicking on? What have been YOUR favorite posts and reads?
When I look at the top posts according to my site stats, I see a little bit about wine, a little poetry, some art, some tech, a lot about Burning Man and astronomy and astrology. Really an eclectic mix when you think about it. What brings you here? What brings you back? (and how can I convince you to subscribe??)
Today, for your reading pleasure (or your curiosity!) here are the top 25 blog posts of all time on Art Predator as of today. Thank you for reading! Please subscribe!
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Poetry from the 3:15 Experiment: ant ant ant
Tuesday August 2, 2005
3:15am home
ant ant ant he says
bal la la ba la la ba la la
flow-er flow-er flow-er
more ants butterflies and flowers
are on the back
of the journal too
flipping it over
there they are on the front again
inside broke broke broke
he says about a torn page
when he comes across
my entry he says drawing
drawing drawing
he is 20 months and then some
sighing moaning groaning
thrashing out of his blankets
whimpering
it is hard not to live
hovered over him
constantly checking on him
but there he is
huddled into a corner
of his crib in his
truck jammies
his head butting the stiles
his side against the top
his feet tucked up
more blankets under him
than on top of him
I had never seen
a child in child’s pose
before I had a
child of my own
I never saw how completely
they can pull themselves
up into themselves all tucked in
never saw how tortoise like
they retract their arms their legs
the soles of the feet
slipping in under the torso
only a few toes poking out
With his froggie blanket
covering from his ears to his toes
he quiets now
no need for hovering
I gaze at him anyway
store his image up
until morning again
time to hold him and kiss him
feel his sweet warmth again
One day he will know
how to pull the blankets up
onto his shoulders
about the time he stops
wanting to wear his truck jammies
with powerful diesel engines
too soon he will know
how to wrap his tongue
around butterfly and there will be
no more bal la la la las
Robert Peake inspired me to post this poem by using an excerpt of it in his wonderful review of my poetry collection, “Middle of the Night Poems From Daughter to Mother :: Mother to Son” coming out in a paperback edition on 3/15 from en theos press. I’ll have the book that night at my featured reading at the Artists Union Gallery, 330 So. California St. Ventura CA 93001 as well as at the book launch party on St Patrick’s Day at the El Jardin Courtyard on Main in downtown Ventura, and at Ojai’s WordFest on March 19 and 25.
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