Adrienne Rich, Politics, Poetry, and Twitter

The NYT obituary for Adrienne Rich, who died this Tuesday, quotes her saying in her acceptance speech to the National Book Foundation in 2006, “Poetry is not a healing lotion, an emotional massage, a kind of linguistic aromatherapy. Neither is it a blueprint, nor an instruction manual, nor a billboard.” In the wake of this iconic…

Irreligious Religion/ Religious Irreligion

I didn’t like these so I painted over them. They kind of look like a Dr. Seuss illustration now. What does it mean to be irreverent? I don’t know but I like those kind of people. They are usually a breath of fresh air in a country that takes a bunch of college students kicking,…