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An artist's book of paintings, drawings, prose poetry and photographs.
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Mind Overtime
Art by Brendan Blowers
For Everyone
Copyright © 2012 by Brendan BlowersAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without prior written permission of the author.
Smartphones have changed the way we inhabit the world. It is now possible to be present in two
places, but at what cost?
Two parts insincerity and one part selfish motive is a vicious cocktail.
I said a quick prayer, not just for me, for all the pretenders.
Caught staring. Oh well.
Sipped
from the cup
of illusion
dark liquids
it was all in there
moments
rising to the surface
rolling around the sweet angles
the back of her tongue
time
thoughts
fun conversations
wishing they meant something
went somewhere
life till now
captured
spit
To my chagrin Mr. Dylan, I have read all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books.
I once met a thin man in a health food store in upstate New York who, upon hearing I did theatre,
said, “Me too. I eat Camus on stage. You should come see it.” I didn't. L'Etranger is my favorite
book, but I've never cared how it tastes.
Haunted by halcyon days.
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places .”
EH
I had a cousin who used to walk an iguana down the street on a leash.
That moment when her lips give a glimpse of heaven.
The Maltese Falcon is what movie making is all about.
Ask me my name like you know me from somewhere, but can't remember where.
“Oh, it's like that is it? You're not even gonna defend yourself?”
He caught my arm and twisted it behind me, kicking me to the other side of the alley.
Man perched on the edge of a curb like a platform diver
Inches from a murky grave
A rumble and growl
like God yelling at the sun
tongue tastes like battery acid
a conqueror
fresh from the heat of battle.
So many shapes and faces drift across the sky
I cannot name them all.
Nostalgia comes from the Greek words “nostos” to return home
and “algos” which means pain.
