Call – Color Feel, Theme of the Month Response – Taken In, A Fable By – Mimi Peterson Taken In, A Fable A lady, on her way home from a political rally, found a frozen snake. Feeling compassion, she put the snake under her warm bosom, took it home where she wrapped it in silk,…
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OBSERVATIONS #12 – 10.27.24
Call – Color Feel, Theme of the Month Response – In Proximity By – Mimi Peterson In ProximityStaged by design, Neither an absolute unicum, Nor a sculptural continuum.A critical mass, the arena set in a meandering sprawl,Seen as a monument to hierarchy,Continual expansion of the false emperors power,Constructed around dark notions of axial age and…
OBSERVATION #11-10.26.24
Call – Don’t Dis Me, Theme of the Month Response – Musings on Nobody’s Perfect, Anecdotes by M By – Mimi Peterson My Musings on Nobody’s Perfect with Anecdotes by B, C, J, L, M,Like butterflies, words escaped the cocoon of the story teller’s memory,Like fairy tales, transformed and captured under my pen. mp Meet…
OBSERVATIONS #10 – 10.19.24
Call – Don’t Dis Me, Theme of the Month Response – Musings on Nobody’s Perfect, Anecdotes by – Mimi Peterson About the Arts and Humanities Happy National Arts and Humanities month! The White House issued its yearly proclaim that states: “The arts and humanities bring people together and show us that we have more in…
OBSERVATIONAL INTERLUDE
Call – 10.5.24 Response – Flubbing Around By – Mimi Peterson Flubbing AroundIt is always a challenge,To find where to begin,What to say and do.Although the list starts short,Words form in quick succession.Each a cue of what follows,Too many additions block lively ambition,On the list of things to do.As perceived by the Do-ers, Waves of…
OBSERVATIONS #9 – 9.30.24
Call – Don’t Dis’ Me, Theme of the Month Response – Musings on Nobody’s Perfect, GLASSYglass by – Mimi Peterson OBSERVATIONS #9 is a variation on the theme Don’t Dis’ Me. It means to suggest a source of defense for disabled people, often regarded as part of the Other. It advocates for the reduction of…
OBSERVATIONS #8 – 9.21.24
Call – Don’t Dis Me, Theme of the Month Response – Musings on Nobody’s Perfect by – Mimi Peterson About Me Alone, only the distant street sounds penetrate my thoughts, Only the skylight’s my mood, Only coffee, cooling in my favorite mug, Waits within reach. I sit at the old family table of notorious memories,…
OBSERVATIONS #7 – 9.14.24
Call – Don’t Dis Me, Theme of the Month Response – Musings on Ah! Nobody’s Perfect by Mimi Peterson Follow the OBSERVATIONS cycle to discover the theme of the month – Don’t ‘Dis’ Me. At a time when our sensibilities are defined by the rhythms and rimes of propaganda’s immediacy, we, instead, turn our concentration…
OBSERVATIONS #6 – 9.10.24
Call – Don’t ‘Dis’ Me, Theme of the Month Response – Musings on Nobody’s Perfect By – Mimi Peterson I write not just as an observer, but as a fellow wayfarer: watching signposts, following an open map, facing the rising sun to find my bearings. North to my left, South on my right, West at…
OBSERVATION #5 8.31.24
WIR #17 – Mimi Peterson Call – ENVIRONMENT, Theme of the Month Response – The Last of Ike, en homage Summer Rift Some encounters are inevitable when traveling Washington Ave. The Last of Ike, sculpture by Texas artist Nic Noblique, was commissioned by the City of Racine in 2008. Located at the intersection of Washington…
