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May 9, 2019
Print Project XI – Work in Progress
Print Project XI: If you’ve read my sketchbook project posts or heard about my special offer on Patreon, some of these images will look familiar. I’m following this lino-cut print thread to where ever it leads me. Here are three of growing series of prints I’ve finalized that will be going out to my new Art Patron tier contributors on Patreon.
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Work in Progress - updates on art I'm working on lately including prototype images, drawings, collages, concrete poetry, etc.
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May 7, 2019
Print Project IX – Work in Progress
Print Project IX: If you’ve read my sketchbook project posts or heard about my special offer on Patreon, some of these images will look familiar. I’m following this lino-cut print thread to where ever it leads me. Here are three of growing series of prints I’ve finalized that will be going out to my new Art Patron tier contributors on Patreon.
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May 2, 2019
Time Spent Down on the Tracks – A Two Minute Meditation
I shut off the engine
shooting to passing the time.
We chattered about the math
to figure out how long the train really was.
I wanted to concentrate
hard enough to do the equations,
but at the same time
not.
We talked about passing your exam
and mixing my next drink.
That was a good day
to spend down by the tracks.
Time Spent Down on the Tracks
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Minute Meditations is an ongoing series of short videos, poems, and commentary intended as a meditation. Offered as an opportunity to step back from your cyber routine and settle into a more natural rhythm, if only for a minute.
Dialectic Two Step, Modern Koans, Verse Us, Say What?, and Minute Meditations all copyright Andrew Furst
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These videos are produced for those of us who spend an inordinately large amount of time in the cyber-world. They are not a substitute for unplugging from your devices and taking a stroll near trees, water, or a patch of unkempt grass. Getting out into the world – touching, smelling, hearing, and seeing nature is the best way to reconnect with our prime purpose.
What is our prime purpose? We are feeling and sensing machines. We are the universe looking back on itself. We are witness to the wonders and dangers of living in this corner of the cosmos. We are the seekers looking for connection a little further beyond yesterday’s borders and boundaries.
But sitting and staring at the screen robs us of the sustenance that we rely upon for wonder and sanity. These videos are an opportunity to bring the sensations of nature to you, while you’re in the cyber-world. Its an opportunity to relax your gaze, resettle your posture, and regain some depth in your breath. Listen and watch the video and allow your self to open up and recharge.
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April 24, 2019
Print Project VIII – Work in Progress
Print Project VIII: If you’ve read my sketchbook project posts and heard about my special offer on Patreon, some of these images will look vaguely familiar. I’m following this lino-cut print thread to where ever it leads me. Here are three of growing series of prints I’ve finalized that will be going out to Patreon supporters very soon (including the new Art Patron tier contributors).
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Work in Progress - updates on art I'm working on lately including prototype images, drawings, collages, concrete poetry, etc.
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April 14, 2019
My Poem “Newton Corner ” Will Appear in Panoplyzine
My poem “Newton Corner” was just accepted by Panoplyzine. It will appear in issue 12 scheduled for early May 2019. This poem is about an experience my wife and I had many moons ago while we were yard sale-ing in Newton. Every time we talk about maps, we have to snicker.
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Verse Us – Poems I write: haiku, senryu, mesostics, free verse, random word constructions, I might even use rhyme or meter once and a while.
Dialectic Two Step, Modern Koans, Verse Us, Say What?, and Minute Meditations all copyright Andrew Furst
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April 10, 2019
Print Project VII – Work in Progress
Print Project VII: If you’ve read my sketchbook project posts and heard about my special offer on Patreon, some of these images will look vaguely familiar. I’m following this lino-cut print thread to where ever it leads me. Here are three of growing series of prints I’ve finalized that will be going out to Patreon supporters very soon (including the new Art Patron tier contributors).
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Work in Progress - updates on art I'm working on lately including prototype images, drawings, collages, concrete poetry, etc.
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April 5, 2019
Seaport – A Two Minute Meditation
Shantees
not sung
not heard
not heard
But always there is the sea
the sea
Always
the sea
Frog statue at the Boston Seaport
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Minute Meditations is an ongoing series of short videos, poems, and commentary intended as a meditation. Offered as an opportunity to step back from your cyber routine and settle into a more natural rhythm, if only for a minute.
Dialectic Two Step, Modern Koans, Verse Us, Say What?, and Minute Meditations all copyright Andrew Furst
Subscribe to My NewsletterJoin me for a little peace through reflection, art, video, sound, and poetry
These videos are produced for those of us who spend an inordinately large amount of time in the cyber-world. They are not a substitute for unplugging from your devices and taking a stroll near trees, water, or a patch of unkempt grass. Getting out into the world – touching, smelling, hearing, and seeing nature is the best way to reconnect with our prime purpose.
What is our prime purpose? We are feeling and sensing machines. We are the universe looking back on itself. We are witness to the wonders and dangers of living in this corner of the cosmos. We are the seekers looking for connection a little further beyond yesterday’s borders and boundaries.
But sitting and staring at the screen robs us of the sustenance that we rely upon for wonder and sanity. These videos are an opportunity to bring the sensations of nature to you, while you’re in the cyber-world. Its an opportunity to relax your gaze, resettle your posture, and regain some depth in your breath. Listen and watch the video and allow your self to open up and recharge.
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March 27, 2019
Print Project VI – Work in Progress
Print Project VI: If you’ve read my sketchbook project posts and heard about my special offer on Patreon, some of these images will look vaguely familiar. I’m following this lino-cut print thread to where ever it leads me. Here are three of growing series of prints I’ve finalized that will be going out to Patreon supporters very soon (including the new Art Patron tier contributors).
If you enjoyed this post, please like and share.
Work in Progress - updates on art I'm working on lately including prototype images, drawings, collages, concrete poetry, etc.
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March 18, 2019
Two Poems Accepted for Publication in Spectrum Literary Journal
My poems “9:39” and “Stroked” were just accepted by Spectrum Literary Journal They will appear in the next issue.
Spectrum Literary Journal an annual art and literature publication by the University of California Santa Barbara’s College of Creative Studies.
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Verse Us – Poems I write: haiku, senryu, mesostics, free verse, random word constructions, I might even use rhyme or meter once and a while.
Dialectic Two Step, Modern Koans, Verse Us, Say What?, and Minute Meditations all copyright Andrew Furst
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March 16, 2019
Thoughts of Spring – Collections
Here is a collection my thoughts of spring, the season of rebirth. It includes poetry, articles, questions, answers, etc. They’re drawn from a number of regular series including Verse Us, Modern Koans and Dialectic Two Step.
Quabbin Waves – A One Minute Meditation
iPhoneography, Meditation Videos, Meditations, Nature
The Tree – Ikkyu
Favorites, Quotes
One Minute Meditation – Spring Trickles Out
Meditation Videos, Meditations, Nature
Verse Us – Urges of Spring
Verse Us
Flowered Sky – A Spring Haiku
Nature
Verse Us – Place – A Composite Poem
Verse Us
April Showers – A Spring Haiku
Nature
Verse Us – Spring – A Composite Poem
Verse Us
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