Author: JNaz

I know I post from Poetry Off the Shelf a a lot. And I almost always say the same thing about the posting. And yes, this one too is extraordinary. I loved the contemplation of the body as landscape. Loved the question “what has your child taught you.” LOTS of good creative thinking here, lots

If you would like to have your mind blown on this Saturday morning, have a look at these paintings by William Blake.

What is it about these that makes them so pleasurable? Everything, probably. Color. Pattern. The juxtaposition between rough concrete and all that sensory bliss. The unexpectedness of it all!

An inspiring, riveting, eye opening, delightful gem from AEON.  17 minutes of giddy delight. https://aeon.co/videos/a-mindbending-trip-that-summons-the-forgotten-women-of-surrealism

I just wanted to bring this book forward again because it is a brilliant and creative book. Didn’t want it to get lost in older posts.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/160965/my-totally-normal-crisis A remarkable interview. A remarkable conversation between two remarkable women. I laughed out loud. I cried. Soooooo worth a listen.

Today’s Google Doodle honors Altina Schinasi. I highly encourage you to explore this amazing woman – artist, renegade, inventor, designer – who pushed boundaries and trusted her process. I had never heard of her and she was a force to be reckoned with. Trying to hunt down the documentary made about her by her sons.

This is an absolutely riveting conversation between Helena de Groot and Sophus Helle. If you love language, listen. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/160688/chaos-reigns

This was such a cool book. I loved this book. Interspecies communication!!! How could I not? This beautiful, speculative story about a possible near future is at turns bleak and hopeful, discouraging and extraordinary in the possibilities it explores. Weaving together the stories of an obsessed marine biologist, a conscious android, a scarred and deadly