http://mygorgeoussomewhere.org transforming my awkward landscape into somewhere gorgeous Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:05:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How am I ever going to have a good day if I keep listening to Pink Floyd? This music exposes everything that's missing in my life, reveals how riddled with holes I am, as if I were nothing more than a cluster of air bubbles caught inside a glass marble. ... http://mygorgeoussomewhere.org/2008/11/20/nablopoetrymo-20/ Because there are probably others like me who can't find more than 5 minutes at a time to read verse, I established The Bathroom Poetry Project where all of the selected poems are short enough to be read during a single visit to the toilet. In 2007, the project expanded, ... http://mygorgeoussomewhere.org/2008/11/19/what-the-world-needs-now-is-bathroom-poetry-sweet-bathroom-poetry/ Hey, this is Feldman, Dana's robot. I'm taking over posting today because -- let's face it -- Dana doesn't know what poetry's all about. Clearly. As evidenced by the fact that she hasn't shared a single rap song yet. Between you and me, her poems are boring-ass. There's usually no end ... http://mygorgeoussomewhere.org/2008/11/19/nablopoetrymo-19/ When: Noon, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008 Where: Green Lake Bath House, Seattle, Washington We’ve all seen poetry. We’ve seen bikinis. We’ve seen cold water. But have we seen all three in one place? I don’t think so. A group of brave souls in white poetry-printed bikinis will take the plunge for poetry this ... http://mygorgeoussomewhere.org/2008/11/18/the-question-isnt/ I thought I'd start this post off with a random quote from Dave Bonta. Here's what he had to say this morning about his broken sink: "Now I know what impotence must feel like / all the parts are there but the plumbing don't work." * * * My friend Jacob Jans ... http://mygorgeoussomewhere.org/2008/11/18/nablopoetrymo-18-alternatively-titled-i/ I'm breaking with my usual pattern today, which means I'm not sharing the next installment of the series Nathan and I are writing. Why not? I don't know. I have this piece about cruising that I wrote, and I want to share that today instead. I'll pick up with the series ... http://mygorgeoussomewhere.org/2008/11/17/nablopoetrymo-17/ The point about that “dissociated pattern” is that it echoes the loosening of connections that precedes the “Aha!” moment. Insight and creativity, perhaps even genius, do seem to be linked to a brain that can disorganise itself and freewheel, making new and unexpected connections. As Nancy Andreasen puts it, the ... http://mygorgeoussomewhere.org/2008/11/16/creativity-and-the-disorganized-brain/ I went to a meeting last night for Home Alive, the organization I'll be working for through AmeriCorps VISTA. All I can say is "wow." The volunteers, board members and staff are amazing. I can't imagine a better organization to work for over the next year. I'd write more in the ... http://mygorgeoussomewhere.org/2008/11/16/nablopoetrymo-16/ Nathan and I aren’t yet finished with the series poem we’re writing. We’re exploring something here. We don’t know what we’re going to keep and what we’re going to toss, what we’re going to edit and what we’re going to leave as is, but we’re in the middle of it ... http://mygorgeoussomewhere.org/2008/11/15/nablopoetrymo-15-woohoo-halfway-there/ Now Nathan and I are getting really wacky with our series. I was telling him the other day that I like diagram poems, where you can read elements across, backwards, up, down and sideways. Or anywhichaway, really. I wanted us to try to make this series into a diagram poem, but ... http://mygorgeoussomewhere.org/2008/11/14/nablopoetrymo-14/