Articles

every morning / the choice. How much. / Whether or not to. / And always the same / decision made

I came to see the ark in this space as a kind of well at the heart of an imaginary landscape, the symbolic source of life. This metaphoric landscape is a constant reminder of the longing for the physical Holy Land.

My mother used to tell me to talk without using my hands…. People will think you’re something you’re not, she said.

I want to know the names / of those who make reservoirs / of their own bodies.

An artist’s role is to awaken all senses so that we are truly alive and active… Physical connection, especially in the performing arts, is essential for creation.

But, if you didn’t notice, there is the cross: / the cross that includes everything as it / excludes nothing

They are guilt advancing in disguise; / they are the very finest jewels of guilt.

to us / the house / and its broken silhouette returned / partly possessed:

For if there were a heavenly recorder, then Frank could be assured that someone would make sense of his life, that it would not be lost to memory but would always be an object of significance.

Everyone in the family insists / the bones are ours. Nurses fuss and refuse at first, / / until we threaten a lawyer.