7 posts tagged “ann arbor”

 

There were:

luques          grilled shrimp        manchego cheese

poetry           Riesling               The Kinks

couscous      Absinthe*             Beethoven

 

art by Joe Brainard     yellow tulips       tiny purple flowers

trees in blossom        scent of ginger, scent of purple        tiny portrait of Jim Carroll

Extraordinary Machine       omelets         fresh parsley, oregano

Red Renunculous          Redbud, Crabapple, Dogwood         Spider Chrysanthemum

 

Arvo Part        "In the Sprintime of His Voodoo"     peppermint & lavender soaps

Oysters!          Pelegrino         blackberries, passionfruit          tiny photo of an angel

"love the one you're with"        earrings made of crushed Roman glass

"you go back Jack/                do it again/                   we're turning round and round..."

people of all nationalities        many flashing cameras (Andrea's med-school graduation)

and finally there was Rilke:

 

XXI

Spring is back.  The earth

is like a child, the poem white

much, o much.....for the trouble

of long learning, she wins the prize.

 

Her teacher was strict.  We liked

the white in the beard of the old man.

Now, when we ask what the green

and the blue mean, she knows, she knows!

 

Earth, you lucky one, play

with the children.  We want to

catch you, happy earth. 

The happiest succeeds.

 

O, what her teacher taught her

and what stands in roots and

long difficult stems:  she sings it, she sings!

 

 

 

*Absinthe is now legal in two places in the United States:  Ann Arbor and California.

You are happy, happy, but I am a thousand times happier!
Whom have I encountered in my dream last night?  Only I know.
I am so happy, I cannot be contained in the world;
But like a spirit, I am hidden from the eyes of the world.
If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me;
For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.
--Rumi

Uploaded on June 30, 2006 by Ila Kortes

Yesterday I went to New York City and these are the earrings I coveted
but did not buy.  They are tiny wise owl earrings and they are the dearest things
I've seen in a while.  I saw them at Anthropologie, where I did pick up a gift for
my friend Megan, who is moving to Iowa soon and leaving our beloved Ann Arbor.
I also went to the South Street Seaport where I found a card for Iris from the
Mariposa Butterfly gallery:

I feel a little ambivalent about showing the art of a person who uses live animals, but
at the same time they are so beautifully done, I wonder if these creatures on some
level agreed to have themselves made into art, the universe's will?  I'm not sure.  Maybe
if I receive a lot of negative feedback I will take them down.  I will let the community decide.  Lastly here is a postcard I found at a cafe in Soho for a new dance production (oui, oui!)

by Stephen Petronio Company