SPRING, 2009
BARCELONA...

THE SUMMER ROAD IS OPENING FAST
MY WINGS ARE GROWING SURE UNTIED
TO FLY, TO WHERE?
JAPAN, SWEDEN, AMERICA...
THE REFINED EAST, THE COOL NORTH, THE ELECTRIC WEST...

I HOPE TO SOMEWHERE QUIET,
MERCY, STILL AND QUIET,
DARK TREASURE SKY AT NIGHT,
AND SCENTS OF THE EARTH TO BREATHE IN DEEP


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LATELY I AM THINKING ABOUT TRANSLATION
HOW TO CHANGE LANGUAGE WITHOUT CHANGING MEANING
HOW TO PAINT A FACE WITH ANOTHER PEN
AND THE PRESERVATION OF COLOR.

THERE IS SOME VERY POOR TRANSLATION IN THE WORLD OF POETRY
THE LACK OF ATTENTION CAN BE DISTURBING
TO TONE, TO MEANING, TO WORD CHOICE.

ONCE UPON A TIME, IN SOME DANK UNINSPIRED ERUDITE PAST
POEMS WERE TRANSLATED WITH AS MUCH ATTENTION TO RHYME, THAT SUPERFICIAL SKIN OF LETTERS,
AS THEY WERE TO MEANING, THE BURNING HEART OF WORD.

FORCING A POEM IN TRANSLATION TO RHYME
AT THE EXPENSE OF A CARE FOR THE IMAGE CONVEYED
IS LIKE INSISTING UPON FOLLOWING THE QUANTITIES OF A RECIPE TO THE MILLIGRAM
WITHOUT MINDING WHAT INGREDIENT EXACTLY YOU ARE MEASURING.

ONCE I RETURNED A BILINGUAL COLLECTION OF VERLAINE
TO THE SMALL PARISIAN SHOP WHERE I HAD FOUND IT THE DAY BEFORE.
I SAID THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHO GAVE THE TRANSLATOR HIS POETIC LICENSE, BUT THAT IT SHOULD BE REVOKED.


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THIS ENTIRE SITE AND ESPECIALLY THE PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY IS still BEING REVISED AND THEREFORE WILL BE WEIRD FOR AWHILE. BUT WHEN IT COMES BACK IT WILL BE b e a u t i f u l. Am I lazy or am I sane? I am not sure but I am certain that I do not like to sit in front of this insidious screen and do mindless photographic processing.

Please check back later. Here's a new preview of the way the new gallery will look...

What am I listening to right now?

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