by Warren Gaston | Mar 16, 2016
The Western mind is distracted by eternity, which we mistakenly define as endless time. Literally, eternity (L. aeternus) means no time, timelessness, time as an irrelevant dimension. Even those who do not believe in eternity as a heavenly or hellish afterlife, are...
by Warren Gaston | Mar 14, 2016
Tanka and haiku are forms of Japanese of poetic art that have spread far and wide and found a home in many distant places. Although haiku is better known, Westerners are now discovering tanka. Like the island nation itself, and its other native arts, calligraphy,...
by Warren Gaston | Mar 2, 2016
I have a friend who has a cat named Mouse. I have been with Mouse many times, tweaked his whiskers, stroked his luxurious mouse gray coat, tugged his tail. Sometimes when the cat named Mouse appears he isn’t there. Not actually. Not as a flesh and blood tangible cat....
by Warren Gaston | Feb 8, 2016
Surrealism is an artistic expression, usually painting or poetry, that originates from the unconscious mind. It does not start with an idea to be logically pursued. It does not begin with an agenda, imposing meaning or form on material. Surrealistic poetry simply...
by Warren Gaston | Jan 11, 2016
I have just spent a week with a young woman bulking up on language. She is 2½ years old and calls me grandpa. A year ago she made noises. Now those noises are being transmuted into distinguishable words. It is dawning on her that the surrounding big people have given...
by Warren Gaston | Nov 25, 2015
Refugees from the Old World come to the New. They have been persecuted. They have forged a brave escape. Children. Women. Men. Months on the winter sea. The North Atlantic. They rejoice, yet are full of dread. Glad to have solid ground beneath their feet, they do not...
