by pbsartist | Oct 23, 2026 | OPENstudio
all proofs must be returned there is no allotment for keeping even a grain in one’s hand beyond the due date is it with age that we can know this for sure or is it a duration of expiration a clock we none of us can hear ticking yet all walk the...
by pbsartist | Oct 21, 2026 | OPENstudio
john ashbery with only one r the name caught my eye first after the title which had me holding it in my hand when I professed not buying a single thing I still am not sure who he is beyond the author of this tidy collection of essays about his friends ...
by pbsartist | Oct 19, 2026 | OPENstudio
you can stop doing that now the only life here for you is the one in which you find joy so you can stop doing that now happy isn’t joy it’s temporary and often too false you can stop doing that now joy is peace no matter what can you say to...
by pbsartist | Oct 17, 2026 | OPENstudio
you can gently open your eyes an imperative one couched in choice we all need to wake up or there is no one here when the door opened and the dove flew I was surprised by the touch of air on my cheek and the swish of sound there but almost also ...
by pbsartist | Oct 15, 2026 | OPENstudio
distraction is not avoidance washing the dishes setting the bed into shape the floors a quick mop stepping out to gaze at the gardens check for any repairs weeds turn brush in hand the way is clear...
by pbsartist | Oct 13, 2026 | OPENstudio
only as far as my eyes can see most days maybe just enough for my arm to reach the world within the grasp two hands taking up a bouquet of zinnia a scrabble of paintbrushes from a wash pail a long stroke across the back of a ginger-tinted hound stretched out in...
