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.

Peru aquarelle drawing published in Spectrum 24

Spectrum 24 Peru aquarelle drawing published

Color original here.

Silk panels for quilt, 8 x 8”, International SPIN conference, New Mexico, 2005

Panels for a silk wall hanging for the 2005 international SPIN conference in New Mexico. It became a traveling exhibit. Last I heard it was in Oz. Mt St Helena, a coyote howling at the moon. A bluejay and a salmon, all totemic animals.9x9" habotai silk, dye and gutta. More here.

Believe in love, pastel, poem, 9 x 10”

 Don Campbell just published my old tulip pastel as well as the extra heart pastel that I included called, believe in love on his Feb. 2023 Spring Solution Spectrum blog. It’s nice to get my old art work out into the world, rather than languishing on the hard drive.

Snow hearts valentine collages 6x9” manipulated photos

Illuminated manuscript poem posters, silk habotai, 11 x 14” 1989

More here I need better photos. There are more pieces. These were in a group art show at the California Museum of Art  at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA.

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

Meaning of Desire, heart poem, watercolor, morilla board, 16 x20”

Fish postcard, "Love from the Tropic of Cancer," collage, watercolor on morillaboard, 1986, Literrata link

I have a bad slide, so this hand-colored xerox copy is a placeholder.

Fish postcard, "Love from the Tropic of Cancer," collage, watercolor on morillaboard, 1986, Literrata link

Le Trianon: SF Municipal Railway collage 1984

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

 

Hand calligraphed poems in red ink

During the late 1970s, I hand-calligraphed all my poems for poetry class with David Bromige because I didn’t own a typewriter. My own handwriting was still atrocious (it eventually improved with time) as the calligraphy hadn’t yet become second nature. They’re posted under 1978 in my Literrata writing blog. The images are fuzzy, not worth moving over to this blog, but they do give an idea of my early working calligraphic hand.