Anecdote of the Jar, calligraphy, conceptual art, for National Poetry Month

For National Poetry Month, I calligraphed Wallace Stevens' Anecdote of the Jar, and placed it in an old pickle jar on a bench in front of my old grade school. I rewilded his poem and then took a photo of the slovenly wilderness that surrounded it. No idea who claimed it.

Book cover/prop of a hawk with Irish calligraphy, ca. 1999? Silk painting; dye & gutta, 9x12”

I needed to  illumine a binder for a poetry presentation, The writing is from An Tain Bó Cuailgne (I was translating it in order to learn Old Irish—quite possibly the hardest language I've ever attempted to study. Not many are conversant in Old Irish,)

Calligraphed brochures for Sally Patton workshops

Poem poster in the style of Kenneth Patchen for Bay Guardian poetry contest, 1988, Literrata link

Poem poster in the style of Kenneth Patchen for Bay Guardian poetry contest, 1988, Literrata link

Calligraphed poetry commissions, 1979-1987

Irish sample, calligraphy

 

Chaucer quote, calligraphy

 

Japanese brush doodles

 

Poem, BLAME IT ON THE MOON, calligraphy

 

Magabark/ Medicine Bundle collaborative art show at the Falkirk Center

My poem was a version of In the San Geronimo Valley, Ann Faught of Woodacre was my collaborative artist. Bill Witherup curated the collaborative show. His artist was William T. Wiley. Carl Dern's poet was Susan Kennedy. Kathy Evans also had poems in the show at the Falkirk Center. Don't know the artist.

My poem  In the San Geronimo Valley, Ann Faught, visual artist.

I also created a collaborative poem scroll.

I made art postcards as personal invitations to the show.

Magabark/ Medicine Bundle collaborative art show at the Falkirk Center

What the Mirror Really Said, watercolor poem poster, doodle, calligraphy 5/84

 

Conceptual art piece, Ken Larsen's Thesis, Art and the Bourgeoisie

Conceptual art piece, Ken Larsen's Thesis, Art and the Bourgeoisie, a hand-calligraphed dissertation presented on ribbons attached to a sunhat, and read aloud to his thesis advisor, Bruce Hackett in J St. Park, Sacramento, CA, May, 1984. I got tired of Ken's procrastination, so I interviewed him, and then distilled the dissertation down into a dozen threads. Bruce read the entire dissertation aloud. It took us several walks around the park to complete the process. Ken got his MA. Wish I had a copy of it.

Christmas & holiday cards, calligraphy

 

Daybreak Massage calendar, calligraphy

Calligraphed poems & fish drawing from Marin Poetry Review, 1983? 0r 84?

Pages from Marin Poetry Review, 1983? 0r 84?

Calligraphy doodle, split nib

 

My 30th birthday announcement