Category Archives: Gene’s Art

Rondo

Rondo Pink clouds, yellow snow, Black tea, you and me; Fuss and fight, fidget nightly, Gaze at empty distances, Between us only we the lonely, We who keep so still — Our dance leaves marks Interpreted as messages from beyond, … Continue reading

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Ageism and Obstacles

I was speaking of ageism on a John Shirley thread and told this story: When I was 16 I wrote a story called “Not Buzzard” and sent it, my very first submission ever, to ESQUIRE, being naive. A week or … Continue reading

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Brighten Up

Nothing hidden is lost.  Nothing found is new.  To reveal is to re-veil what is found, to put it into a new guise.  Reality is a solid, eternal amidst the flicker of firelight and thought. —  Frater Aujen Tetari, erro … Continue reading

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Science Fiction’s Clenched Fist of Nostalgia Considered As a Gesture of Triumph

A Very Slight Editorial /// Standard thesis: Golden Age science fiction was not written as well as much of today’s but was demonstrably smarter. Survey: With the proviso that there have always been highly literate and artful writers working in … Continue reading

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Be No Dupe

My wife occasionally gets exasperated and asks me how I can get so much entertainment from, say, ANCIENT ALIENS, and I try to explain how I watch such things on a meta-level. Also, I get a big kick out of … Continue reading

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Clips from FB from my birthday last year until now

Failure is art, and art is failure. We fall short, inevitably, even if awarded. It’s nice to have community accolades, and it does have an affect on how one’s art is perceived and thus its community worth, or value, but … Continue reading

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