All’s fair in love and war. So said John Lyly, 16th century poet, novelist, playwright, and slightly bitter romantic who got passed over for his ideal job twice and spent much of his adult life dancing with poverty and debt. John had a lot to say about love, sadly most of it is mistakenly attributed to Shakespeare who rocked up not long afterwards and stole all the thunder. It’s a phrase...
Nothing works right when you’re not here. The fridge
died, but the porch was cold enough to store
the food until the expert came. A bird
came through the furnace flue exciting cats
and me. [When I caught it, its heart beat fast.]
A 40-year-old Mario glitch is all I’ve been thinking about lately. That’s because there’s a cartridge in my brain labelled “Artistic Practice” and I want to blow the dust out of it.
I have been teaching children’s yoga off and on for the past 9 years, in schools, studios, and libraries. I work with Yogiños: Yoga for Youth, and this is a lesson I recently wrote and taught in one of our adult trainings (teaching folks to teach kids.) My goals with this class are to connect the 8 limbs of yoga to the expression of our voice, to provide kids an empowering space to learn about...
The Librarian's Table:
(Books from the collection of Dave Nicklin)
San Francisco may be the bipping capital of the world (#IYKYK). It’s something of a rite of passage for many moving to the city, or visiting for the first time.
Shitty Batman is a band that also sometimes solves crimes, but mostly they’re a band. In this episode, they get caught up in a battle of the bands that turns DEADLY. And we all learn a little something about ourselves along the way. Except for Shitty Batman – they never learn anything. It’s drawn almost exclusively by hand, with real pens and pencils and stuff. And I think it’s...
A Creative Outlet