straightwalker (34)in #art • 6 years agonotes from a beginning painterSummer passing quickly. So far, unable to paint Dmitra from photo, colors too flat, no life in the expression. Time…straightwalker (34)in #memoir • 6 years agoOn CoffeeAddison-Wooley Gallery in Portland, Maine showed this exhibit during August, 2011. The photographs are 17 x 22 inches…straightwalker (34)in #memoir • 6 years agoOn Coffee( strong hands, clear eyes, wide mouth, unlike any other, yet she steps easily into the dreams of…straightwalker (34)in #memoir • 6 years agoOn Coffee( firm hip, shoulder, incurving waist, soft round of breast, a slim young waitress, teased, laughing…straightwalker (34)in #memoir • 6 years agoOn Coffee( smooth skin, descending to hip, up and over, also inward, along the pelvic bone, swell of belly curving…straightwalker (34)in #memoir • 6 years agoOn Coffee( She said, "I got up early and made the coffee. I put the two mugs side by side, then I remembered that you weren't here any more."straightwalker (34)in #memoir • 6 years agoOn Coffee( I woke up on a wooded path. It was dark and I was severely hungover. Disorienting flashes of light came from some…straightwalker (34)in #memoir • 6 years agoOn Coffee( My first summer job was at a company that made high tech fans for the military. I reported to work holding my…straightwalker (34)in #writing • 6 years agoMichelangelo's ShoulderMichelangelo’s Shoulder It dawned hot in Georgia. Don rubbed his head and blinked. He got out of bed and paused…straightwalker (34)in #writing • 6 years agoSignal FireSignal Fire On a deserted beach at dusk, a man rolled a note into a cylinder and stuffed it into one shoe. He patted…straightwalker (34)in #travel • 6 years agoLeaving NaxosI have lived on Kauai, Oahu, and the Big Island. On Peaks Island in Maine. On the Cycladic Islands in Greece…straightwalker (34)in #art • 6 years agoWalking / Drawing in GreeceHi, here are some drawings made in the last two months. Please forgive beginner clumsiness. On a spring morning in…straightwalker (34)in #memoir • 6 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Birthday CardWhen I was 24, I wrote that I should "wake the ever present into words." Ten books later, I wrote: "only those who…straightwalker (34)in #story • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Getting Small"I've lost my way, a bit, Batman. I don't know what to do next." "Get small, Joe." "That again!" It's not easy…straightwalker (34)in #beauty • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Beauty and the AukBeauty and the Auk Auk, port bow Beauty matters. We need it. But why, what is it? There is no…straightwalker (34)in #drawing • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Why Draw?Why Draw Language is a prerequisite of civilization; literature is a consequence. Fine writing explores…straightwalker (34)in #writing • 7 years agoBatman and The Goddess of the StandpipeBatman and The Goddess of the Standpipe "What next, Batman?" "That fruit plate looks pretty good, Joe."…straightwalker (34)in #psychology • 7 years agoCreating, Solitude, Community, Drinking, and Jung"The great problems are inherently insoluble as they involve opposing polarities in the self, polarities necessary in…straightwalker (34)in #ocd-resteem • 7 years agoThe Enormous ChanceHi, By way of introduction, here are a few poems from previously published books. Only new ones from now on. Thanks…straightwalker (34)in #introduction • 7 years agointroHi, please bear with me as I learn how to post, mark up, etc. My name is John Moncure Wetterau. I grew up in…