A Question, A Dance

I rewrote the lyrics to A Day In Life by the Beatles from a modern day lens when Trump got elected in November, and thought today would be a proper day to share it. Got my good friend @larrybarnesmusic to play it with me.

I could talk about all the ways this is scary and upsetting, but at the end of that day, I think all that's important right now is to be here for one another. Hug your friends today, and take care of yourself.

The Star and The Hermit

You've gone out to see who's splashing around in your pool at this hour of the night.

I wrote this little poem based on a picture I took when I saw a cracked mirror on a Philly street in the rain. I then put the image though an ai art generator. I was so amazed at how beautifully it turned out, and so I wrote a short poem to go along with it.

a haiku i wrote after a walk along the shore on 4/7/24

I hope to see you there

Lost.

Navigating our emotions can be disorienting.

One moment passes at the blink of an eye while others seem to linger.

For better or worse being lost is inherently a state of exploration.

I’m finding my way, whatever that may be.

I hope to see you there.

salutation seeker, 4/4/24

4/11/24

Exercice de marche quadrupède - Walk cycle exercise at Gobelins

the signs as ridiculous things alexander the great did according to plutarch

aries: once cried because there were so many worlds to conquer and he hadn't even managed to conquer one

taurus: (when nobody could tame the horse bucephalus and the horse was ordered away) kept talking about how bucephalus was a wonderful horse and they were losing a beautiful creature by taking him away over and over until finally his father let him try to tame the horse

gemini: slept with his copy of the iliad under his pillow

cancer: treated the conquered persians well after he drove king darius to flight because, in his words, darius was his enemy, not persia

leo: would get pissy whenever news of one of his father's great victories would come because he was worried his father wouldn't leave any conquering for him to do

virgo: had a habit of quoting poetry and plays and even did so in terrible situations such as when his father was killed or he was wounded in battle

libra: had a great distaste for athletes and would set up all sorts of competitions for poets and musicians and hunters while pointedly not awarding prizes for more athletic competitions

scorpio: once got mad at a guy and drunkenly threw a cup at him, then made fun of his father when his father was too drunk to do anything about it

saggitarius: traveled so quickly along the coast of pamphylia as to make a legend of himself and then played it off as if it were nothing special

capricorn: slept late on the day when he was supposed to meet darius in battle, and when questioned as to why he was sleeping as if he had already won, smiled and said that he was already victorious for finally getting to go into battle with darius rather than having to chase darius all over the place

aquarius: so admired diogenes the cynic that when diogenes was a dick to him he said that if he were not alexander, he would be diogenes

pisces: after a night of drinking would sleep usually until midday and sometimes even slept the entire day