The Sage of Stone Chime Path

In the morning

his soul beat like the wings of a thousand summer
geese taking the sky.

In the winter

his thoughts are clear and cold as snowflakes.

in the evening

a song dances from his fingertips.

In the firelight

he grazes on the passions of smoke.

Who is this wandering king,
                      the sage of Stone Chime path?
From whence does he receive his powers?

From the gathering wind and the green-sea foam
it is carried on tiny wings.
From the rolling clouds and the starlit sky
He feels the grace of heaven.

Do not harm him for in his wrath,
he breaks the mountainside.
but the greatest danger is that his touch
will strip you bare of sorrows.

He has loved you since the dawn of days.
And in dreams he dreams of you
                        Naked under the sun
                              your former dreams
                                      shattered
                                            like ice on the stones.


-Jeremiah Griswold

Eye of Gosh, Hands of Gosh

Get a print here.

Is your shadow part of you?

Is your shadow part of you?
Is a scar part of you?
Is your hair part of you?

Is the air in your lungs part of you?
Is the water in your bowels part of you?
Is the living blood carried away by a mosquito part of you?

Are the photons emitted and absorbed by your skin part of you?
Are mitochondria part of you?
Are the bacterial colonies which inhabit your body part of you?

Is your child part of you?
Is your family part of you?

Are your memories part of you?
Are thoughts part of you?

Is the way you move part of you?
Is the sound of your voice part of you?

Are your fingernails part of you?

Is yesterday part of you?
Is what you might do part of you?


-Jim DuBois
Nov 4, 2013

From Return of the Slacker

ARTmuffin - Art by Christopher Gendron

It's a small world sometimes around here. I was hanging up some of my paintings for a show this september and I saw piece there by someone else that really caught my eye. I followed up and eventually bought a print of it, and we figured out that he was a friend of a friend and had been to one of my shows a few years before.

I'll let his words from his website describe his work, since they say more precisely what I like about it:

About my current work, The Book of Gosh:

The "Gosh" pieces are created with the concept of being pages from a lost book or temple from another culture in another dimension. The work is often human, alien, or animal anatomy with what appears to be a kind of hieroglyphic writing and symbolism accompanying the subject. The pages vary from anatomical description to ceremonial preparation to the preservation of a history. All pages are from 'The Book of Gosh'. Other works may be pieces from The Temple.

Visit ArtMuffin.com to see more art.

Photography by Kett Lawrence

Sometimes someone makes great images or art, but doesn't realize it enough. I've been like that in life. And part of what I am trying to do with this blog is help people realize that they are interesting and good creators.

So, here are some photos from a friend of mine, Kett Lawrence. I think she has a really good sense of composition and I enjoy her sky photos a lot. I don't know her that well, but I can tell she is also a very kind person.

She has a Facebook page you can go like here.

Stone Piles by the Mill River in Northampton

Old Crow

Found in an alley by the river in Brattleboro, VT.

Art by Chris Gentes

Chris Gentes is artist in Northampton who I made friends with at a house show a few years ago, and I have been keeping an eye on his work and bumping into him in town every once in a while. Here are a few images from a past show that was at Salon 241. They are from spots around Northampton.

Visit his Art Journal

Art by Donnabelle Casis

I went to the first Florence Night Out a few weeks ago, and have been putting up stuff from artists I saw there. This is from Donnabelle Casis, who has a studio in Florence. I asked her to tell me about her work, and was really glad I did, because she had interesting things to say. Here are her words from her website:

My current series explores identity and its relationship to markers and patterns: from ancient Filipino tribal tattoos and textiles, trajes de luces (suits of light) or bullfighting costumes, medieval chainmail and armor, Japanese kumihimo (braiding), and Pokemon figures. I am interested in how these symbols and colors reflect the bearer/wearer. I am also fascinated by the literal use of patterns in design and in the form of ritual. At what point do patterns change?

Visit her website to see and read more.

Drawings by Heather Kasunick

I was at the first Florence Night Out the other week, and I met this woman who did these drawings that I really liked, so I decided to put some of them up here. Her name is Heather Kasunick, and here is what I know about her: she is a teacher and likes to do "one drawing a day" series, which these images are of.

Here is her blog: Wonder Cupboard

Paintings at Sean Greene's Studio

On friday, september 27, 2013, I went to the first "Florence Night Out" which is an open studio/promote your business thing, and I saw a bunch of interesting art, including the studio of Sean Greene, whose work I have show on here before. He's a really good painter, and I had a nice visit. Here's a few shots of the studio.

Kinetic Solar Panel Art on the Forbes Library Lawn.

The artist standing by his creation.

I walked up to the library yesterday, and I saw this guy tinkering with this on the lawn, so I went up and asked him what it was. He explained that it was kinetic art, designed to give you an immediate feeling about the energy gathered from the sun, since that is the only thing which powers the motor which turns the stuff inside. It is more immediate than static solar panels.


Another angle, and a close-up of the motor on the inside.

Junk Art by the River in Leeds

Found while exploring a path by the Mill River. We added some to it.

Graffiti under the bridge

Under the bridge, on the bike path on the way into town.

The sub-culture of slacking

I live in the United States
and I am eating chips.
The United States!!!
The United States of “fuck it”.
The sub-culture of slacking.


-John Bauman

In the news today

In the news today:
People turned off their TV’s
and were seen walking down the street
feeling love in their hearts
and smiling.
And the love radiated outward to others
who then felt this love and turned their TV’s off.
But they didn’t see the news report
about the people walking down the street feeling love in their hearts.
But it didn’t matter
because they were experiencing
and not just hearing about it.


-John Bauman

Running

Running, running, running
Passing by people
Hearing pieces of conversations

“I used to wear heels like that”
“That’s how they do it, I guess”
No money, damn it! You're an anti-intellectual!
How much did you pay for that dress?

Running, running, running
Past people,
Along streets,
Too fast.

Cursing, gasping, spitting
Why am I always late?
Old man time is an asshole!

Gasping, huffing, spitting
I can’t, I hurt, it’s too much
Damn it

Gasping, aching panting,
Slowing, slowing, slowing
Stopping

Walk it off


-Dimitri

(I had the pleasure of having Dimitri composing this little gem while sitting around my apartment yesterday. -Jim)