Marly Youmans's Blog, page 51
January 23, 2015
Expectations and the Arts
Out of obstinacy, I shall deck
this post with my recent books...
Art: Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Sure, I promised that I wouldn't be back until February, but that was before I came down with The Great Crud, The Very Great and Imaginative Crud. Here I am, day 13, hacking and sneezing and lolling in bed to report on the day's reading, despite the hijacking of my brain by little green men. Well, part of
this post with my recent books...
Art: Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Sure, I promised that I wouldn't be back until February, but that was before I came down with The Great Crud, The Very Great and Imaginative Crud. Here I am, day 13, hacking and sneezing and lolling in bed to report on the day's reading, despite the hijacking of my brain by little green men. Well, part of
January 20, 2015
Glimmerglass, Mons Nubifer retreat, and more
Art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Clip from a new review of Glimmerglass
This is the tale of a woman's journey and the courage required to live a creative life, or any life, to its fullest. Ghosts and "wizened creatures" are just a few of the obstacles for a late bloomer on the verge of giving up on life's dreams. If she is to make a home here, if she is to salvage a family for herself, she will
Clip from a new review of Glimmerglass
This is the tale of a woman's journey and the courage required to live a creative life, or any life, to its fullest. Ghosts and "wizened creatures" are just a few of the obstacles for a late bloomer on the verge of giving up on life's dreams. If she is to make a home here, if she is to salvage a family for herself, she will
January 8, 2015
crik-crak!
Hello, friends and passers-by: I am taking a break from the blog and Facebook in order to deal with visits and deadlines. And I also have need for some time to reflect on work accomplished, and whether I will continue in the same modes as in the past. (I will, however, answer notes left anywhere on the blog.) Keep warm.
Lady Liberty has a pen
Tomi Ungerer, marvelous illustrator-writer
on the Charlie Hebdo massacre. See more cartoons here.
And here. And here.
Let all free people and all kindred of the pen say,
#jesuisCharlie.
on the Charlie Hebdo massacre. See more cartoons here.
And here. And here.
Let all free people and all kindred of the pen say,
#jesuisCharlie.
January 4, 2015
The Book of the Red King on the 11th day of Christmas
iPhone photo by Rebecca Beatrice Miller
A royal sunset on Main Street, Cooperstown
I've finally gotten back to working on The Book of the Red King, long written and finally, now, revised for a final time (and another and another and so on. But it's good to think of it as a final polish. Final polishes are always more complicated than they seemed at the start.) Like Thaliad, it tells a tale in
A royal sunset on Main Street, Cooperstown
I've finally gotten back to working on The Book of the Red King, long written and finally, now, revised for a final time (and another and another and so on. But it's good to think of it as a final polish. Final polishes are always more complicated than they seemed at the start.) Like Thaliad, it tells a tale in
January 1, 2015
Glimmering New Year
Here's a little Pinterest board I made on New Year's Day. It's composed of pictures I found on the web (on blogs and twitter and Facebook), all of Glimmerglass at various people's houses. If you send me a link to a picture, I'll put yours up as well.
Follow Marly's board Glimmerglass at home on Pinterest.
And here's a #tbt picture for New Year's
Follow Marly's board Glimmerglass at home on Pinterest.
And here's a #tbt picture for New Year's
December 31, 2014
At Life and Legends
Issue two
Thank you to poet Jennifer Reeser for soliciting poems for Life and Legends. As I am a wee bit lazy about sending out, it is helpful to be asked. Here is a link to my poems in the issue, and a glimpse of the start of each:
Sangréal
Bird the color of rose,
Sanguinary dove,
and
The Rain Doves at Birkenau
The little white house in a field,
The little red house in a field,
and
Thank you to poet Jennifer Reeser for soliciting poems for Life and Legends. As I am a wee bit lazy about sending out, it is helpful to be asked. Here is a link to my poems in the issue, and a glimpse of the start of each:
Sangréal
Bird the color of rose,
Sanguinary dove,
and
The Rain Doves at Birkenau
The little white house in a field,
The little red house in a field,
and
December 30, 2014
Blues and resolves
Under the tree for Canadian artist Marja-Leena Rathje!
Love being on Christmas (or any time) wish lists...
It's the 6th day of Christmas, and I am feeling a wee bit, just a tad depressed. Maybe I need to spend less or more narrowly focused time on the internet because I am heartily sick of bumping into language focused on creative entrepreneurship for artists, on how every artist has to be a
Love being on Christmas (or any time) wish lists...
It's the 6th day of Christmas, and I am feeling a wee bit, just a tad depressed. Maybe I need to spend less or more narrowly focused time on the internet because I am heartily sick of bumping into language focused on creative entrepreneurship for artists, on how every artist has to be a
December 26, 2014
For the second day of Christmas: the river of culture
Yolanda Sharpe
Watercolor by a local friend--
soprano, painter, SUNY-Oneonta professor in studio art.
Blue, Red, and Yellow, 26 by 40 inches, watercolor on paper, 2014
And words by another friend--nihongan painter Makoto Fujimura, founder of International Arts Movement and The Fujimura Institute:
The words at left and below are
from Makoto Fujimura's Culture Care,
the lovely result of
Watercolor by a local friend--
soprano, painter, SUNY-Oneonta professor in studio art.
Blue, Red, and Yellow, 26 by 40 inches, watercolor on paper, 2014
And words by another friend--nihongan painter Makoto Fujimura, founder of International Arts Movement and The Fujimura Institute:
The words at left and below are
from Makoto Fujimura's Culture Care,
the lovely result of
December 25, 2014
Readings and thoughts for the first day of Christmas
"The Angel Door"
Here is a Christmas commission by a friend from college, artist
Mary Boxley Bullington. I suggest to those of you who love
and collect art that she is highly collectible and, indeed,
under-valued at this time. Her work is full of energy and beauty.
Click for a large version.
I heard this sung by Fr. Mark Michael last night, in a church that has for several centuries been a
Here is a Christmas commission by a friend from college, artist
Mary Boxley Bullington. I suggest to those of you who love
and collect art that she is highly collectible and, indeed,
under-valued at this time. Her work is full of energy and beauty.
Click for a large version.
I heard this sung by Fr. Mark Michael last night, in a church that has for several centuries been a
