from Something Solid on PennSound

 

Seven pieces from Something Solid added to my PennSound Author Page. Many thanks to PennSound. 

Nine Paintings

Nine Paintings by Abby Heller-Burnham. 

The Lost Twins

There are a million things to say about The Lost Twins, here shown. The connection, on the one hand, to French Neo-Classicism, and on the other hand to Queer Studies, is right on the surface. However, at this point in time it is worth pointing out that The Lost Twins acts as its own Equation, as a reaction to what I've written about Abby, commenting on what I understand and do not understand, pointing out all the obvious vistas I missed, and making it clear that ultimately the most authoritative voice about Abby is her own. With a painter of Abby's caliber, this would seem to be inalienable. 

1,000,000

Over the course of slightly-less-than-twenty-years, what has accrued to my Blogger account, and all sites inhering, is, as of now, over a million hits. Many thanks to P.F.S. readers, contributors, editors, rubbernecks, and those with the right kind of vested interest in us and the cultural contribution we are making. Cheers! 

Meeting Halfway

 With the new piece filling in some deets. 

Dance Monkey: Beams: Pride (in the name of love)

 

                               The buildings are the road, voyage, reason.
                     The spirit you think is there, in architecture, is there,

                                  along with other spirits, namely, spirits
                       hewn into coexisting nature, creating a sublime sense of

                                 balance. Apotheosis of coexistences.
                    The collection of buildings here is resonant— shudders,

                                palpitates, resonates. Where & how you
                      get touched is the enchantment variable. It could be

                 Fayette Street (two churches), City Hall in May, Butler Pike,
                          even the lunar landing lunacy of Dekalb Pike.

                           The road you travel on is into the cosmos.
                                       This is it— my Philadelphia.

                                    The buildings say everything.
                          What I say now is reason again, to bring us

                              roundabout— the buildings are the road.

                        What is really in the cosmos remains the mystery.

***attached image of Calvary Episcopal Church, Fayette Street, Conshohocken***

Something Solid: Aughts Philly: Feast or Famine in The Seattle Star

Feast or Famine, double sonnet from the Aughts Philly section of Something Solid, in The Seattle Star.

Feast or Famine is also available as an individual mp3 file on PennSound.