Work in Progress

A few pieces I'm working on plus a peak at the new studio space.

About North Beach

The Poetry Room @ City Lights Bookstore

When the shadow of the grasshopper
falls across the trail of the field mouse
on green and slimey grass as a red sun rises
above the western horizon silhouetting
a gaunt and tautly muscled Indian warrior
perched with bow and arrow cocked and aimed
straight at you it's time for another martini.

 

 

 

 Red Light District - Nice Signage

Saints Peter and Paul Church (just north of Washington Square Park)

Transamerica Pyramid (Tallest buiding in SF)

Mural - North Side of Broadway between Kearny & Romolo

Moving to San Francisco

I just moved to San Francisco. I'll be posting my touristy photographs as I explore the neighborhoods.

Hotel North Beach - Kearny & Columbus

City Lights Bookstre - A Beat Institution

Vesuvio - Bar & Cafe

Kearny St. goes up a hill & just ends.

Chinatown

Every store is like Pearl Rier Co.

Chinatown window shopping

 

 

 

Blue bowls I want @ a Chinatown market

Cable car lines/tracks

This is called a "fine art" gallery

Ferry terminal

View from ferry terminal

Another view from a ferry terminal

Top & Bottom of a Telegraph Hill staircase

Rex Stout | Nero Wolfe

Rex Stout, Author

 The novels:

Rex Stout is the author of The Nero Wolfe mysteries - a series of detective novels and short stories published between 1934 and 1974. The heroes of the series are an eccentric mammoth-sized detective, named Nero Wolfe, and his confidential assistant (and our narrator), Archie Goodwin. The fact that Wolfe solves all of the mysteries from the comfort of his Manhattan brownstone (since he refuses to leave the house) utilizing only his ‘genius’ and his under-credited legman, Archie, is just one of the series’ enthralling idiosyncrasies. The novels and short stories have enough period ambiance, suspense, violence, murder, and attractive women to satisfy anyone looking for a mystery.

Archie & Nero in an A&E television adaptation of the series.

The best part is:

The series covers 40 years of American history, yet the characters do not age or develop through time. They live and work out of an extravagant brownstone on the West side of Manhattan with a live-in cook and a live-in orchid keeper. And they do so through the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and early 70s.  Wars come and go, women become independent, and the cars get faster, all the while Nero and Archie go on catching thieves, thwarting killers, and saving the day with unparalleled style. 

If you’re not convinced, check some of the Saul Bass-style dust jackets you can find on early editions of the novels:

What I'm Reading Now:

Right now I have this collection of books on my nightstand that I am truly excited about.

Nights at the Circus - Been wanting to check this out forever. Angela Carter is one of my favorite authors.

The Politics of Aesthetics - Very cool outline of the relationships between art and politics and community. "Man is a political animal because he is a literary animal who lets himself be diverted from his 'natural' purpose by the power of words."

The Gothic and The Sublime - These are part of the Documents of Contemporary Art series. I've almost finished reading The Sublime. It's great to have so many writings on the subjects brought together, but the books are composed of excepts, rather than full chapters/essays/articles.

Studio: Updated

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