Words Of A Genuine Shaman-Type….
I don’t usually quote at such length, but I’ve been returning to the following passage again and again since first …
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The Plight Of The Struggling Artist….
This is from a response I wrote yesterday, with adaptations, to a comment I received from—with apologies Mame—a compassionate soul …
A New School….
“When a culture is in a state of disintegration or transition the freedom of the artist increases— but the …
Solitude….
“—But I have need of solitude, that is to say recovery, return to myself, the breath of a free …
Three Percenters Of The World… Unite!
We don’t wear patches on our clothes announcing who we are like the one percenters. Those often hairy, tattooed …
Mentoring The ‘Deviants,’ The Artists….
“And yet even then [Paleolithic Age] there was an allowance made for a certain type of deviant, the visionary, …
A Winter’s Day….
I’ve grown quiet of late. Contentedly so. Living in a northern climate winter was slow to arrive, but …
Sage Advice….
Gully and Coker have just left the home of Sarah in Joyce Cary’s effulgent classic The Horse’s Mouth. To …
On Nobility….
I wanted to share another photo I took a week ago now of my buddy. He’s been hanging about in …
In Praise of the Holy Fools!
I had wanted to begin my latest email with the notion of the Age Old Question for the artist/shaman, because …
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