Amanda van Gils: E-Motions
Long car trips along great stretches of highway…tree after tree flashing past…blue skies turning orange as the day ends…whispery white streaks of [...]
memories
What’s In Your Bag?
It occurred to me today that no one ever has a suitcase in their hand unless something significant is about to happen. Overseas adventures, interstate getaways, annual [...]
The Value of Shadows: Judith Wright’s Desire
“One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance.” Jean Rhys, Quartet Back in [...]
Interlude
“I could tell you it’s the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.” ― Carlos Ruizafón, The Shadow of the Wind [...]
Linde Ivimey, Bone Healer
Sometimes you get a look at the inner workings of a person’s brain and what you glimpse in there is so unlike the mind of any other you’ve ever seen, that it [...]
A Studio on Bowery
The closest thing to a religious experience for me is to visit an artist’s studio. Like darkened old cathedrals, I find them intimidating places full of the thoughts and [...]
