Hi All:

Been away some; company filter has been on and I can't get to DA or my Galery or any of YOURS !

Wrote a new poem, "Train At Twelve Bells," and am going to add it today.
I used many images from DA artists to inspire me to write it, but i guess will have to delete them from the body of the poem, as I do not have permission.........yet.

Am working on a new surreal poem, "Time Soldier," and have been inspired by many images from DA by searching for TIME images and in particular the Gallery of Karl Neo, perhaps oddly, but his images really make me think.....long.....

I have been reading some of Gertrude Stein's work: someone whose works I never understood, but now I do some.....

I have been reading "Poems of Longing" or maybe it is "The Book Of Longing" by Leonard Cohen; he really makes me think !!!

Also, I have been reading "Proust Was A Neuroscientist" by Jonah _________ ( I forget last name ) It is brilliant: Jonah is an excellent writer with quite a command of the language as well: sections of Virginia Woolfe, Gertrude Stein etc.

Hope you are all well and prospering !!!!!

David B

Wrote a lot this weekend, using 'altered states' generated by
loud musci, 'NIGHTWISH" in particular, "HIGH HOPES " CD
in particular, "SAMAEL's "REIGN OF LIGHT," and Brian Eno's
"THURSDAY AFTERNOON."
AND
BY READING THE WORKS OF OTHER POETS AT DA, AND VIEWING A ZILLION IMAGES BY VISUAL ARTISTS AT DA, WHICH IN ITSELF, MAKES MY BRAIN CREATE THINGS; IT REALLY IS LIKE A 'DRUG' FOR MYSELF.....THE MUSIC AND IMAGES THAT IS.
HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GOOD WEEKEND.
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Listening to: SAMAEL; "REIGN OF LIGHT"
READING: OTHER POET'S WORK AT DEVIANTART
Watching: NOT
Playing: NOT
Eating: NOT
Drinking: WATER
NOVEMBER 3, 2006

I'VE RECIEVED AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INSPIRATION
HERE AT DA, FROM OTHER WRITER'S WORK, AND TONS OF VISUAL ART/PHOTOGRAPHY BY AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF EXTREMELY TALENTED PEOPLE; ALL OF WHICH HELPS ME WRITE 'EVER MORE;' OTHER'S WRITINGS AND 'IMAGES' DO SOMETHING TO MY HEAD & CAUSE SURREAL IMAGES AND POEMS TO 'FORM' THERE...OFTEN, IN A SENSE, THEY JUST 'WRITE THEMSELVES' OR MAYBE IT IS LIKE 'AUTOMATIC WRITING."

LATELY, MUSICALLY, I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO BRIAN ENO'S, "THURSDAY AFTERNOON....61 MINUTE VERSION;" AND "SAMAEL'S" "REIGN OF LIGHT,"A PRETTY AMAZING MIX OF MUSICAL FORMS AND fOR ME, QUITE "DIFFERENT" TONALITY.
"SAMAEL" IS LABELLED AN "ELECTRONICA INDUSTRIAL METAL BAND," AND ARE FROM SWITZERLAND. I ONLY RECENTLY HEARD OF THEM VIA A DA POETESS, "THE GRIM SAGE." SO I LOOKED THEM UP ON THE NET & FOUND A LOT OF 'CONCERT' IMAGES, THEN WENT TO 'TOWER RECORDS' AND GOT "REIGN OF LIGHT." I HAVE FOUND MOST OF IT QUITE STIMULATIING FOR CREATIVITY

........................................................................................
"GENERAL........."

I WRITE SURREAL, ILLUSTRATED POETRY AND HAVE HAD
MODEST PUBLICATIONS: MY POEM "CRIES IN THE GREENHOUSE' WAS PUBLISHED AT "BURNING WORD"
WEBSITE A WHILE BACK.

I DO PULIC POERTY READINGS AT "THE PORTFOLIO COFFEE HOUSE" IN LONG BEACH, CALIF, USA & LEAVE COPIES OF MY WORK THERE & AT HOT JAVA COFFEE HOUSE & THE LIBRARY COFFEE HOUSE, ALL IN LONG BEACH, CA

CUURENTLY I'M WORKING ON MUSIC TO PLAY WITH POETRY READINGS/RECITATIONS AND BIG TIME GOALS ARE TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, PERFORM AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL & GREEK THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD, CA, AND THE 'SANTA BARBAR COUNTY BOWL, CA, 'MAJOR SURREAL PRODUCTIONS," AND HAVE BEEN 'INSPIRED TO DO THAT BY THE GROUPS, 'PINK FLOYD,' 'TANGERINE DREAM,' JETHRO TULL,' KING CRIMSON,' THE OLD 'GENESIS' ( ie THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY, WATCHER OF THE SKIES, NURSERY CRIME, TRESPASS, THE MUSICAL BOX ETC ETC ), JEAN MICHELLE JARRE.

MY 'MESSAGE' ( AS IT WERE ) AND PERFORMANCE WILL BE PRIMARILY DIRECTED TO THE INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE GROUP UNCONSCIOUSNESS, FROM WHICH ALL THE SURREAL FLOWS ( ANYWAY..... ) WE ARE 90% UNCONSCIOUS BEINGS AND I BELIEVE ( AND BELIEVE IN A PERSONAL WAY...FOR MYSELF..... ) THAT GOD ENGINEERED US THAT WAY.

FAVORITE MUSIC: THERE'S A LOT, BUT SOME IS:

LEONARD COHEN
PINK FLOYD
TANGERINE DREAM
THE VERVE
COLDPLAY
NEIL YOUNG
PHILIP GLASS
KITARO
ENIGMA
GRACE JONES
JONNY LANG
BRIAN FERRY
WHITE STRIPES
JEAN MICHELLE JARRE

FAVORITE POETS/AUTHORS:

ARTHUR RIMBAUD
EDGAR ALLAN POE
ALLAN GINSBERG
THOMAS PYNCHON
DONALD BARTHALME
WILLIAM H. AUDEN
SYLVIA PLATH
RICHARD BANDLER ( NLP RESEARCHER, co 'DISCOVERER' )
DR. WAYNE DYER ( MIND USE, HIGHER THOUGHT/REALITIES )
DR. CHARLES STANLEY ( GOD/THEOLOGY )
VIRGINIA WOOLFE
DR. DEEPAK CHOPRA

FAVORITE ARTISTS:
SALVADORE DALI

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

I'VE RECIEVED AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INSPIRATION
HERE AT DA, FROM OTHER WRITER'S WORK, AND TONS OF VISUAL ART/PHOTOGRAPHY BY AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF EXTREMELY TALENTED PEOPLE; ALL OF WHICH HELPS ME WRITE 'EVER MORE;' OTHER'S WRITINGS AND 'IMAGES' DO SOMETHING TO MY HEAD & CAUSE SURREAL IMAGES AND POEMS TO 'FORM' THERE...OFTEN, IN A SENSE, THEY JUST 'WRITE THEMSELVES' OR MAYBE IT IS LIKE 'AUTOMATIC WRITING."

LATELY, MUSICALLY, I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO BRIAN ENO'S, "THURSDAY AFTERNOON....61 MINUTE VERSION;" AND "SAMAEL'S" "REIGN OF LIGHT,"A PRETTY AMAZING MIX OF MUSICAL FORMS AND fOR ME, QUITE "DIFFERENT" TONALITY.
"SAMAEL" IS LABELLED AN "ELECTRONICA INDUSTRIAL METAL BAND," AND ARE FROM SWITZERLAND. I ONLY RECENTLY HEARD OF THEM VIA A DA POETESS, "THE GRIM SAGE." SO I LOOKED THEM UP ON THE NET & FOUND A LOT OF 'CONCERT' IMAGES, THEN WENT TO 'TOWER RECORDS' AND GOT "REIGN OF LIGHT." I HAVE FOUND MOST OF IT QUITE STIMULATIING FOR CREATIVITY

........................................................................................
"GENERAL........."

I WRITE SURREAL, ILLUSTRATED POETRY AND HAVE HAD
MODEST PUBLICATIONS: MY POEM "CRIES IN THE GREENHOUSE' WAS PUBLISHED AT "BURNING WORD"
WEBSITE A WHILE BACK.

I DO PULIC POERTY READINGS AT "THE PORTFOLIO COFFEE HOUSE" IN LONG BEACH, CALIF, USA & LEAVE COPIES OF MY WORK THERE & AT HOT JAVA COFFEE HOUSE & THE LIBRARY COFFEE HOUSE, ALL IN LONG BEACH, CA

CUURENTLY I'M WORKING ON MUSIC TO PLAY WITH POETRY READINGS/RECITATIONS AND BIG TIME GOALS ARE TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, PERFORM AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL & GREEK THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD, CA, AND THE 'SANTA BARBAR COUNTY BOWL, CA, 'MAJOR SURREAL PRODUCTIONS," AND HAVE BEEN 'INSPIRED TO DO THAT BY THE GROUPS, 'PINK FLOYD,' 'TANGERINE DREAM,' JETHRO TULL,' KING CRIMSON,' THE OLD 'GENESIS' ( ie THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY, WATCHER OF THE SKIES, NURSERY CRIME, TRESPASS, THE MUSICAL BOX ETC ETC ), JEAN MICHELLE JARRE.

MY 'MESSAGE' ( AS IT WERE ) AND PERFORMANCE WILL BE PRIMARILY DIRECTED TO THE INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE GROUP UNCONSCIOUSNESS, FROM WHICH ALL THE SURREAL FLOWS ( ANYWAY..... ) WE ARE 90% UNCONSCIOUS BEINGS AND I BELIEVE ( AND BELIEVE IN A PERSONAL WAY...FOR MYSELF..... ) THAT GOD ENGINEERED US THAT WAY.

FAVORITE MUSIC: THERE'S A LOT, BUT SOME IS:

LEONARD COHEN
PINK FLOYD
TANGERINE DREAM
THE VERVE
COLDPLAY
NEIL YOUNG
PHILIP GLASS
KITARO
ENIGMA
GRACE JONES
JONNY LANG
BRIAN FERRY
WHITE STRIPES
JEAN MICHELLE JARRE

FAVORITE POETS/AUTHORS:

ARTHUR RIMBAUD
EDGAR ALLAN POE
ALLAN GINSBERG
THOMAS PYNCHON
DONALD BARTHALME
WILLIAM H. AUDEN
SYLVIA PLATH
RICHARD BANDLER ( NLP RESEARCHER, co 'DISCOVERER' )
DR. WAYNE DYER ( MIND USE, HIGHER THOUGHT/REALITIES )
DR. CHARLES STANLEY ( GOD/THEOLOGY )
VIRGINIA WOOLFE
DR. DEEPAK CHOPRA

FAVORITE ARTISTS:
SALVADORE DALI

I WRITE SURREAL, ILLUSTRATED POETRY AND HAVE HAD MODEST
PUBLICATION; CURRENTLY WAITING TO HEAR FROM "FRONTIER'S MAGAZINE' IN WEST HOLLYWOOD HERE IN CALIF. PLAN TO SUBMIT TO "THE VILLAGE VOICE' IN NYC VERY SHORTLY. MY POEM "CRIES IN THE GREENHOUSE' WAS PUBLISHED AT "BURNING WORD" WEBSITE A WHILE BACK.

I DO PULIC POERTY READINGS AT "THE PORTFOLIO COFFEE HOUSE" IN LONG BEACH, CALIF & LEAVE COPIES OF MY WORK THERE & HOT JAVA COFFEE HOUSE & THE LIBRARY COFFEE HOUSE, ALL IN LONG BEACH, CA

CUURENTLY I'M WORKING ON MUSIC TO PLAY WITH POETRY READINGS/RECITATIONS AND BIG TIME GOALS ARE TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, PERFORM AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL & GREEK THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD, CA, AND THE 'SANTA BARBAR COUNTY BOWL, CA, 'MAJOR SURREAL PRODUCTIONS," AND HAVE BEEN 'INSPIRED TO DO THAT BY THE GROUPS, 'PINK FLOYD,' 'TANGERINE DREAM,' JETHRO TULL,' KING CRIMSON,' THE OLD 'GENESIS' ( ie THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY, WATCHER OF THE SKIES, NURSERY CRIME, TRESPASS, THE MUSICAL BOX ETC ETC ), JEAN MICHELLE JARRE

I'VE IN MIND THE MOST SURREAL PROPS, HOLOGRAMS/HOLOGRAPHS TO THE POINT, WHERE THE AUDIENCE CANNOT QUITE TELL WHAT IS REAL AND WHAT IS NOT, AS I HAVE EXPERIENCED AT A NUMBER OF CONCERTS MYSELF:
IAN ANDERSON OF 'JETHRO TULL' IS PROBABLY THE MOST MASTERFUL OF ILLUSIONISTS I'VE EVER SEEN, OTHER THAN JEAN MICHELLE JARRE.

MY 'MESSAGE' ( AS IT WERE ) AND PERFORMANCE WILL BE PRIMARILY DIRECTED TO THE INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE GROUP UNCONSCIOUSNESS, FROM WHICH ALL THE SURREAL FLOWS ( ANYWAY..... ) WE ARE 90% UNCONSCIOUS BEINGS AND I BELIEVE ( and KNOW IN A PERSONAL WAY...FOR MYSELF ) THAT GOD ENGINEERED US THAT WAY.

IMGAES I LOOK AT DO SOMETHING IN MY HEAD & CAUSE POEMS TO FORM & COME OUT MY HANDS. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF INSPIRATION HERE AT THIS SITE, FINE STUFF, EXCELLENT CREATIVE PEOPLE/PERSONAS.

I HAVE ALWAYS FELT SURREAL, LIVING IN A SURREAL WORLD & LOVE THE SURREAL & RELATE BEST TO OTHER 'SURREAL PERSONAS,' I RECKON.

FAVORITE MUSIC: THERE'S A LOT, BUT SOME IS/ARE: ALL BIG TIME FOR ME:

LEONARD COHEN
PINK FLOYD
TANGERINE DREAM
THE VERVE
COLDPLAY
NEIL YOUNG
PHILIP GLASS
KITARO
ENIGMA
GRACE JONES
JONNY LANG
BRIAN FERRY
WHITE STRIPES
JEAN MICHELLE JARRE

FAVORITE AUTHORS:

ARTHUR RIMBAUD
PAUL VERLAINE
EDGAR ALLAN POE
ALLAN GINSBERG
THOMAS PYNCHON
DONALD BARTHALME
WILLIAM H. AUDEN
SYLVIA PLATH
RICHARD BANDLER ( NLP RESEARCHER, co 'DISCOVERER' )
DR. WAYNE DYER ( MIND USE, HIGHER THOUGHT/REALITIES )
DR. CHARLES STANLEY ( GOD/THEOLOGY )
VIRGINIA WOOLFE
DR. DEEPAK CHOPRA

FAVORITE ARTISTS:
SALVADORE DALI

ILLUSTRATED, SURREAL POEMS I HAVE CREATED LATELY ARE ( AND I HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT HOW TO 'TRANSMIT' IMAGES IN THE POEMS, WITH THE POEMS, TO THIS SITE )

'REMEMBER'
'THE LIGHT HOUSE'
'SPELLBOUND'
'THE FALL OF ICARUS ( EVENT HORIZON OF CYGNUS X-1)'
'THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JONNY O'
"CRIES IN THE GREENHOUSE' redone
"LOST ON A FREEWAY TIL DEATH DO US PART' redone & sumitted here
but the artork i put in it was not transmittable, or else i just don't know
how to do it....

I AM WORKING ON:
"LIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNIVERSE"
AND
"MIDNIGHT MOVIE ( Generator: frozen in time, sadness )"

A LARGE NUMBER OF IMAGES I HAVE LOOKED AT ON THIS SITE, ( & I'M
TRYING TO GET BACK TO EACH ARTIST ) HAVE ALREADY BEGUN
BIRTHING MORE POEMS IN MY HEAD; I CAN KIND OF FEEL THEM, RIGHT AT
CONCEPTION, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS.......

blessings, peace, joy, surreality, prosperitay on multi levels, love & affection to all those i cross paths with here