If you want something done
You have to do it yourself!
Julian Ayrs
Book of Wisdom
Collection of Truisms
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Bob Dylan...ironic that! Minstrel performs in Communist Vietnam! April 10th!
Are issues black & white?
The appeal of a handful of artists across a myriad of foreign landscapes (in spite of the social and political stance) is not only evident - but, a bit mind-boggling - in view of the recent announcement that Bob Dylan (a celebrated anti-war protestor in the sixties) is slated to perform live! in Vietnam on April 10th.
Not the intimate setting of the Warfield (in San Francisco) that legend is used to - but - what the heck!
Say, didn't that shaggy-haired bohemian, lament the horrors of communism in his ballsy upstart-youth?
Oh, yeah!
"The times they are-a-changin', alright!"
The eccentric musically-inspired poet (with roots in both the folk and rock-beat eras) has obviously opted to toss caution to the wind so that he might rustle up a posse of admirers in a breathless (jaded?) foreign generation (in addition to die-hard fans of yesteryear) in a 8,250-seat stadium.
Will Dylan get into the spirit of the moment and pen a pop tune in honor of Ho Chi Minh, too?
A hypocrite?
No, just maybe, Bob's mellowing (and getting optimistic) with old age.
News at 11!
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Bob inspired an anti-war sentiment!
Equality...quote by Julian Ayrs!
Treat
all things
alive
equally!
Julian Ayrs
Divine Grace
Collection of Poems
San Francisco
(2011)
Style...quote by Julian Ayrs!
When
you engage
in
anything
anything
in life
Do it
with
distinctive
individual
style!
Julian Ayrs
The Daily Planet
Collection of Poems
San Francisco
(2011)
First reactions...quote by Julian Ayrs!
An individual's
first reaction
is
usually
indicative
of the person's
true
character!
Julian Ayrs
The Daily Planet
A Collection of Poems
San Francisco
(2011)
Karmic Wheel...quote by Julian Ayrs!
Into the world
a seed
is
born
beyond the sacred veil
ether matter
known
To turn
with Karmic Wheel
that
mind stuff
beckon
and
transform
Perfection
of
the
eternal
the
eternal
soul!
Julian Ayrs
Divine Grace
Collection of Poems
San Francisco
(2011)
Walt Whitman...In Paths Untrodden! Calamus & LBGT cultural exhibit! San Francisco Library!
Skylight Gallery @ San Francisco Library
Walt Whitman has always been a beloved poet who impacted many lives over the decades he strode this mortal coil penning poetry and prose.
Now, on the 150th anniversary of the 1st publication of Whitman's - "homo-affectional" poem titled "Calamus" - the San Francisco Main Library staff have installed a thought-provoking tribute to the man.
"This exhibition articulates the place and importance of "Calamus" in LGBT culture and draws a connection between the poems and the creation of the modern LGBT community (with an emphasis on the Radical Fairie Movement)," according to the curators.
With the discerning artful use of text, photos, antiquarian books and newspapers - the exhibit seeks to fathom up Whitman’s vision of the “love of comrades” - and the social and political role he saw it playing in that larger project (the creation of America).
LOCATION
Gay & Lesbian Center
Exhibit Space
San Francisco Main Library
100 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA
94102
(415) 557-4400
DATES
March 1st - May 19th
(2011)
Godliness...quote by Julian Ayrs!
Cleanliness
is
next
to
Godliness
So,
Make every good effort
to wash away
the impurities
the impurities
of the heart
daily!
Julian Ayrs
Divine Grace
Collection of Poems
San Francisco
(2011)
San Francisco
(2011)
Friendship...quote by Julian Ayrs!
Friendship is as fleeting
as the wind
And,
a lot more
unpredictable
Julian Ayrs
The Daily Planet
Collection of Poems
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