Russian Ark is a stunning film released in 2002 and directed by Alexander Sokurov. The film was shot is one continuous 96-minute Steadicam camera shot in the Winter Palace of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Russian Ark is meticulous in its details, taking us on a two-kilometer trek over three centuries of Russian history. TheContinue reading “Russian Ark – a film review”
Category Archives: poetry
Waiting for Altima
Sitting here Waiting for Altima 30,000-mile $€£¥ tune up you started as a bluebird/leopard chrysalis expanding into altimaness via Wi-fi TV, snacks, coffee, a showroom showdown of Altimas The polite formal discourse of commerce Black leather chairs A kid singing to herself In her own universe Leafing through tomes on Common Wood Nymphs. Walking downContinue reading “Waiting for Altima”
Zen
the solar constant is a measure of. . . . this story is almost over before it’s begun those warriors went to China came back to the samurais boiled it for centuries put their packs on brought it to san francisco minneapolis and paris where it’s needed or where water flowsContinue reading “Zen”
Londinium – Croft Way – a poem
Take the Finchley Road to Croft Way Ramble through Kidderpore Avenue Westfield – live in the seasons full cycle Welcome to the Garden of Eden my friends Frognal Way, Church Row, see the leaning headstones note your mortality A nod to Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson on the way Holly Walk to the High StreetContinue reading “Londinium – Croft Way – a poem”
The internal life of San Francisco
beep beep bop let me connect you…. pine street traffic always up and up hills and mountains and hayes street alamo square music through the night tascam 4-tracking the city with morale jumping pubs of the lower haight – toronado and mad dog in the fog golden gate havana 3am and mr robyn lunchtime concertsContinue reading “The internal life of San Francisco”
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