1 May
2024
An Artist in Residence
I am seeking a stillness I know I won’t find in New York and have high hopes that I will in the South of France.
Matisse sought the French Riviera as his painting grounds. And Monet, I am almost sure his impressionist painting style mimics how sunlight fall upon the Cote d’Azur. A granularity that calms our senses.
Is Poetry Manipulative?
The question of poetry as a manipulative discourse came to me as I began to think of poetry as a form of seduction. From its conception to subsequent explanations, the purpose of poetry, as articulated by Poe in “The Poetic Principle,” is to excite, to elevate the soul...
20
May
2020
On the Personal Essay
On one of my journal entries during my time in Spain, I included the reason why I write: I believe that if I put my rummaging thoughts into structured sentences that will make them leave me. I seem to be afflicted with a habit that is most common amongst writers: I think too much...
Endgame & Its Greyness
About a third of the way into Beckett’s Endgame, I gave up. I surrendered my need to find meaning, to understand, or to decipher, the author’s intent in writing.
