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…
OBSERVATIONS #4 8.24.24
Call – Environment, Theme of the Month Response – Folk Lore Observed – Floating Feathers, a Folk Art Poem – by Mimi Peterson, WIR #17 Folk culture comes to pass thru generations. Friends gather to share ideas, they repeat news, tell tales of events, and, perhaps, anecdote the next project’s story board with pictographs and…
Observations #3 – 8.17.24
Call – Environment, Theme of the Month Response – Light and Space Observed Response – Is My Home An Illusion? Mimi Peterson, Writer-In-Residence #17 Light and Space Observed My Racine environment is simultaneously atmospheric and hermetic. It is historical and artistic, water and landscapes open vistas to sun rise and set – I experience it…
OBSERVATIONS #2
Call: ENVIRONMENT, Theme of the Month Response: AS IS by Mimi Peterson These words are intended to present a graphic flow of thoughts – to promote notions of desolution and chaos, to imply order and everyday mundane, to warn that the decomposition of ideas by individuals leads to life-death cycles – to prevent the decline…
OBSERVATIONS #1
Welcome to OBSERVATIONS by Mimi Peterson. I am honored to be Racine’s newest Writer-In-Residence #17. Thank you Art Root for your advocacy of the Arts and Humanities; your support of the WIR program; your positive influence throughout Racine. Thank you to the inspiring – and aspiring – creative community. Each week while I occupy the…
