September ramblings.
Letter from the editor: September 2024. Of Crickets—Crows—and Retrospects.
FReNzY : Video
There’s something of the fever dream in Gerald Slota’s videos. They hit you with their strange dream logic, a barrage of images, movement, songs. But like most dreams, they linger in your memory. We were grateful for a chance to ask Gerald Slota a few questions about his videos.
The unique universe of Satyajit Ray
Andrew Robinson discusses the enduring legacy of Satyajit Ray, and tells the story of the alien movie that never got made and its striking similarities to a very familiar film.
Threshold
Alice Courtright’s poem Threshold, inspired by Ugo Rondinone’s sculpture the sun and the moon, is balanced on the edge of so many things … night and day, memory and hope, wonder and knowledge, confusion and understanding. It captures a moment in her life and in the world.
Faraz Ravi: Mystery Beyond the Surface
An interview with remarkable photographer Faraz Ravi.
The Cicada’s Cry: Matsuo Basho’s Summer Poems
Arthur Davis shares his reflections on some of Matsuo Basho’s summer poems.
Just When I Thought I Was Out, They Pull Me Back In
“I deciphered the occasional splash of graffiti: alongside youthful declarations of love and football were vague revolutionary slogans: “Freedom is a Right”, “Liberty”, and “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”
Blue Journey: Ellen Wallenstein
“Ellen Wallenstein found solace and strength in her art, continuing to create cyanotypes—ethereal blue shadow-grams on cloth—each sunny day,”
Nursery Rhyme DETOURS
Some works from Calef Brown’s suite of poems in which the first words or lines are from traditional nursery rhymes, then they go off in different directions. Beautifully illustrated by Leo Espinosa.
August Issue, 2024
A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
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