San Francisco, California Sunday May 19, 2013 The next two postcards to people on my list of 15: I’ve found it difficult not to expand my list over the past few days, but I’m resisting that. It’s enough for me to complete these fifteen. I’m open to suggestions from any of you who read this, as to … Continue reading »
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Nordpolen Journal: 5/17/13- postcards to influential strangers 2 and 3
Two more from my list of 15: 2. Jacques Cousteau: I found a postcard that someone had already written on. It was postmarked in 1976, when I was 7 years old, about the time I became aware of Messr. Cousteau and his boat, Calypso. Stamps were only 9 cents then, and grammar on stamps was … Continue reading »
Nordpolen Journal: 5/16/13- postcards to influential strangers
San Francisco, California 5/16/13 Today I sat down and made a list of strangers to whom I owe a fragment of my creative self. It is through their trap doors, attics, belfries, squats, closets, crawlspaces, choruses, windows, vistas, wormholes, timeslips, floorboards, rumors, hijinks, trysts, pain, curiosity, and difficulties that I have been given breathtaking glimpses … Continue reading »
Nordpolen Journal: 5/14/13- The Trail of Blood
5/14/13 San Francisco, California Last week on my way to work I noticed what looked like a trail of blood drops on Judah Street. I was distracted, playing Candy Crush Saga on my phone and also listening to a podcast. I walk every day the same 20 blocks to work, so I can basically do … Continue reading »
Nordpolen Journal: 5/12/13- Creativity and Pain
What is the Nordpolen Journal? 5/12/13 San Francisco, California There is a kind of stereotype of writers who suffer for their work. It’s romantic. It looks like a gaunt, bearded man in an unheated garret room eating stale bread crusts for dinner. Or it looks like a not particularly attractive woman sitting at a writing … Continue reading »
What is it, writer?
Everybody is a writer. On Saturdays, they are in cafes with their laptops. They’re waiting on your table at brunch, refilling your mimosas. At night they’re scribbling, scribbling, scribbling and waking up with a sore third eye and mistaking it for a common hangover. These writers work in offices, in the daytime sitting at a … Continue reading »
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An Evening of Adventure with Chicken John, Tupelo Hassman, Joshua Mohr and Sarah Fran Wisby
An Evening of Adventure with Chicken John, Tupelo Hassman, Joshua Mohr and Sarah Fran Wisby PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INVITE YOUR FRIENDS Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:00pm The Emerald Tablet 80 Fresno Street, San Francisco, California 94133 View Map · Get Directions Join us for an Evening of Adventure inspired by the creative process and the spirit of … Continue reading »
