I have reviewed Sarah Mangold’s newest book, Her Wilderness Will Be Her Manners, over at North of Oxford. Take a read, explore this new book!
Author: Greg
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Stalagmite Light
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Resolving a project: Memory Forms: Ruin
Excited to announce a new poetry project is up on this site. Memory Forms: Ruin was rejected from a recent Shanti Arts call for submissions, solidifying it as an even “further ruin” that paired well with a situational recording of rainfall and other ambient sounds at Friday Harbor, in Seattle, Washington. The poems were written after visits to Sequim, Washington, and Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado.
You can find the poems and the soundtrack for reading the poems on this site, here.
My latest review of Karen Elizabeth Bishop’s new poetry collection is now available at North of Oxford. Read it here.
A couple nights ago I had the pleasure of reading a poem with the Jim O’Halloran Trio at Kezira Cafe in Columbia City, Seattle. The poem, “Return to Rain,” is linked below. Here’s the segment of the set with the reading:
And some larger selections of the show.
Sadly, the focus was set to auto and was doing some really weird stuff in the low-light room. The sound isn’t perfect either, but better than null!
And here’s the poem:
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A review of Amy Beeder’s work
Happy to announce I have reviewed Amy Beeder’s And So Wax Was Made & Also Honey over at North of Oxford.
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Happy 60th, Paul E. Nelson!
Following a recent 60th birthday, Paul E. Nelson celebrated with a reading and we engaged in an interview shortly thereafter. Both are available on YouTube.
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New Rain Taxi Reviews
Another month, more reviews of poetry.
The Fall 2021 print edition of Rain Taxi includes my review of Is This Scary? by Jacob Scheier.
The online edition of Rain Taxi just released by review of CURB by Divya Victor.
Don’t miss ’em!
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New GIFs: Cenotes
I had the supreme joy of exploring a handful of cenotes in Quintana Roo, Mexico, last month. These GIFs are the result of some rough, rough footage pulled from a GoPro that was used both underwater and above, focusing on the textures of the pools’ floors and the stalactite-filled ceilings. Using some crude alteration methods in Davinci, I was able to quickly (and continued-roughly) get a Brakhage-esque result.
As with the waterwheel GIFs, these were created using Davinci and ScreenToGIF. Higher resolution versions available, though probably will keep off the web server for frugality.
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New GIFs: Fairbanks Waterwheel
From the discovery boat tour in Fairbanks, Alaska, with love. Recorded earlier this month.
These two GIFs captivated me before I even imagined their full form. In my continued odyssey through outsider video art, they were created using a new GIF app I just discovered: ScreenToGIF.
Original video was captured on a Sony A7C and the editing was done in Davinci Resolve, the app that forever will confound and surprise.
My first review of Chath’s work was in Rain Taxi, many years ago. I have since read Chath’s latest book, On Earth Beneath Sky, and that review is now up at Poetry Northwest. Read the full review of this incredible poetry collection here!
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View.Point. Recording Now Up
Many thanks to Amy Billharz for recording and editing the View.Point. event at the end of last month. I’ve uploaded it to YouTube and it’s available in HD format. See below:
A spontaneous drop-in to the new performance art by Will Rawls at the Henry Art Gallery kept me captivated. I managed to capture the first 26 minutes of the performance and it can be viewed here:
Following up my last music video for KMRU, I have created a music video for another artist I really enjoy listening to: Speaker Music. The latest album, Soul-Making Theodicy, is mindblowing, and a combination of it and previous releases led to the drive to make this video. Footage includes videos of night and day sky over Cathedral Gorge, NV, timelapse of Grand Lake, and a particularly attractive flower in Seattle. Davinci did all matter of glitchiness (as it usually does when using blend effects) and the result is quite abstract. Note setting the video to HD 60 frames is ideal for viewing on a larger screen.
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Saturn Peach Reviewed
My newest review is live and online. I have reviewed Saturn Peach by Lily Wang in Rain Taxi. You can find it here.