Amazing introductory post David. I look forward to more. An awful lot of what you wrote resonated for me. My three decade stint in a busy healthcare environment that left me little energy left to extend myself creatively. I am fortunate, by way of a modest pension, that I have a little time now to invest in creative endeavors. I don't know you and Betty Ann well, but I always liked and respected you guys, and, I thought you were a consummate artist and an enviably multifaceted one at that. I think the first time I saw you, you had dropped into the JBI literary series and you read some macabre and funny prose that I loved. Then there was the Hermaphrodite Brotherhood, then Grandpa Big Balls and other delights. I envy that you went to Bemelman's Bar! Steve and I went to NYC a few years ago and that is one pilgrimage we did not manage to make. We did see some incredible jazz though. We spent a memorable night listening to Mingus compositions at Blue Note. Glad to see you here and I hope you get a gazillion subscribers. I am looking forward to more. Cheers.
hey Nadine, there's always too much to see and do in NYC and never enough time or money. The Blue Note night sounds pretty sweet. I have done a lot of different things over the decades with varying degrees of success and competence. I came back to writing because it is my foundation, I don't need collaborators or venues, and I'm finding having a creative life very challenging right now. Increasingly so. Whatever the creative outlet is connecting to people and getting feedback of some kind is what makes it worthwhile so thank you for your thoughtful and generous comment.
Amazing introductory post David. I look forward to more. An awful lot of what you wrote resonated for me. My three decade stint in a busy healthcare environment that left me little energy left to extend myself creatively. I am fortunate, by way of a modest pension, that I have a little time now to invest in creative endeavors. I don't know you and Betty Ann well, but I always liked and respected you guys, and, I thought you were a consummate artist and an enviably multifaceted one at that. I think the first time I saw you, you had dropped into the JBI literary series and you read some macabre and funny prose that I loved. Then there was the Hermaphrodite Brotherhood, then Grandpa Big Balls and other delights. I envy that you went to Bemelman's Bar! Steve and I went to NYC a few years ago and that is one pilgrimage we did not manage to make. We did see some incredible jazz though. We spent a memorable night listening to Mingus compositions at Blue Note. Glad to see you here and I hope you get a gazillion subscribers. I am looking forward to more. Cheers.
hey Nadine, there's always too much to see and do in NYC and never enough time or money. The Blue Note night sounds pretty sweet. I have done a lot of different things over the decades with varying degrees of success and competence. I came back to writing because it is my foundation, I don't need collaborators or venues, and I'm finding having a creative life very challenging right now. Increasingly so. Whatever the creative outlet is connecting to people and getting feedback of some kind is what makes it worthwhile so thank you for your thoughtful and generous comment.
Artist with a capital fuckin eh