Tag: Art

Writing To Another Poet

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you once told me to- find my true north, thank you of course, & realistically we will never meet again, after all, it has already been over a decade, but chance encounters are most of life, then just memory, then nothing, or nothing that we know for sure, but i still appreciate you, sometimes read you, even watched a video once of you reading, describing jellyfish everywhere, unseen danger swimming all around, true, the sea, ocean, life, can be fear, but rarely here, on this page, screen, canvas, thanks again for your courage, i try to be like you.

Gazing at Longevity Peaches

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this is that poem, the one where the writer visits a museum, stares for a long time, tries to transcribe, translate, imbibe one artform into another, so here i am, san francisco, qi baishi, his peaches, better than super mario bros., ty cobb, safeway’s produce section, sickly sweet del monte in a can, better than ice cream, shout out sarah mclachlan, maybe not better than ice cream, but i’ve never seen frozen dessert so delectably hung on a wall, and to think he lived (1864) & died (1957) fully immersed in art, the way i want to swim in letters, inspiring, the colors, the colors, spheres, juice-filled suns on earth, made by human hands, human hands.

The 1966 #1 Batman Rookie Card

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January 1966, the Batman TV show airs on ABC, BAM! POW! Success soon follows, and the caped crusader takes his place next to Superman as one of the two most iconic superheroes….ever. The number one Batman comic book from 1940 sold for $2.2 million, but what about his #1 trading card? $15,000. If you are looking for an iconic vintage superhero card, this is it!