Monday, September 30, 2019

September Flying Carpet 2019

In September
The Flying Carpet hovered over the question
of more and less

Sometimes “more is more”

At the unexpected
3D Kutz Barber Shop
in Estancia, NM
 
 
 
In the fabulous garments 
of Penny Mobley
 
 
In the astounding environment 
of Gypsy Pamela
 
 The Dead Room
 
 
The Doll Mobile
 
 
In the awe-inspiring garden
of Sialia, The Queen of Begonias
 
 
But then, sometimes
“Less is more,
more or less”
as Zack says
 
 One begonia blossom
 
 
One exquisite tomato
 
 
One egg
dancing with its shadow
 
 
One painting in an empty room
Zack's Mountain/Water (Shan Shui)
 
 
Special thanks to Maggie, Penny, Gypsy Pamela, Sialia, and Zack
and especially Greta for her courage.


Saturday, August 31, 2019

August Flying Carpet 2019

In August, the Flying Carpet
hovered over
the Fanta Se Fantasy
a titillation of turquoise 
 a nostalgia of Navajo-ness
a jail of snails
(Racine's catch and release device)

 
a bathroom of weird
a barrage of blackberries
a web of rainbows
 a morning of glory
surely this has been
a cornucopia of corn







Wednesday, July 31, 2019

July Flying Carpet 2019

In July the Flying Carpet
visited the Time Being
and her many identities

Time Being becomes 
Flying Carpet


Time Being becomes 
Indigo Woman 




Time Being becomes 
Abalone Woman




Time Being becomes 
Seeker of Rust







Time Being becomes
Collector of Memory



Time Being becomes
transparent



Time Being would love
to share her many identities with you
 in person in the month of August

Monday, July 1, 2019

June Flying Carpet 2019


In June,
The Flying Carpet
flies through TIME.

 “Time is an ocean
and it ends at the shore.” -Bob Dylan













The  hourglass sands
slipping through each moment...
the calendar pages
flying in the flicker of time...
calligraphy of watch springs
an unknown script...

This one is for you
Steve and Ritsuko

Friday, May 31, 2019

May Flying Carpet 2019

In May, 
the Flying Carpet 
invites you to contemplate
the extraordinary ordinary...
as you step out the back door





as you explore
out the front door
 

and as you enter the dream
of your friend's wisteria hysteria
 

"We shall not cease from exploration
and the end of all our exploring
will to be to arrive
at the place we started
and know the place for the first time"
-T.S. Elliot

"Each day is a journey
and the journey itself home"
-Basho

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

April Flying Carpet 2019

In April, 
The Flying Carpet 
had meetings with 
remarkable people in California.

moments of heartfelt elegance 
and playfulness
in the home and studio of
the most celebratory Sas Colby
 


eclecticism run amok and astounding
in the apartment/ studio of
the ever zany/ profound Susan Wick…
 

a gathering of luminaries
around the table of
intensely-admired-by-many Liza Dalby
 

attention to the 
exquisite and unexpected
in the design of Dream Team
 Yosh Asato and David Baker
 

heaven on earth
in the art/garden of Marcia Donahue
The "real" and the "unreal" intertwining





Just floating in Berkeley spring



Special thanks to Sas Colby, Susan Wick,
Liza Dalby, Marcia Donahue, 
Yosh and david, and Chere Mah