The first thing I heard was a grandmother killed picking okra in her fields, her grandson full of shrapnel, his father, the school teacher pleading on Capitol Hill to the Nobel Peace Prize president’s men about them lethal hawks hovering near by his schoolyard. I heard the daily jackhammer pound the length of the median […]
Morning walk. Sunday. The dew drops fooled me for rain. Acorns strike gutters, my neighbors car. The neighborhood is two shades more yellow today. Not knowing my insects, is that monotone whistle a cicada? Feeling guilty for a moment, then jealous, thinking of Gary Snyder’s native knowledge. Crows caw. United Church of Christ bells in […]
I’m honored my photo-etching was selected as part of the juried printmaking exhibition “Under Pressure” at the West Windsor Arts Center, Princeton, NJ. Opening Sept. 9 through November 15th, 2013.
Happy to have featured my etching in next months “Members Show” at the Crane Arts Center, Philadelphia. Multiple works from a diverse mix of artists, belonging to the art collectives InLiquid, Second State Press & Philadelphia Photo Arts Center will be showcased. Exhibition runs from August 3rd – 24th. Artist Reception will be held on […]
Holidays in the western world, we all know, are a blasphemous experience. Commercialism has obviously defeated the sacred, which has always been its underlying mission. A long, but successful journey, material value has conquered the invaluable with the majority of capable minds. The notion, which I retaliate against consciously with limited success, is precisely why […]
Images from a night of free PBR’s, Jameson on the rocks and Punk Rock with Brooklyn’s Parquet Courts . . . Voyeur Nightclub, Philly. Spent Sunday overcoming the much deserved tinnitis. All worth it! Rock-n-roll may not be dead after all. [portfolio_slideshow navpos=top pagerstyle=thumbs togglethumbs=true centered=false] All images © Michael Ast, 2013
From Home Schooling: “Recent etchings and photographs made within a couple miles of home. An ode of sorts to Gary Snyder and the discipline he’s stressed of knowing one’s own “backyard” first and foremost. Snyder may have been referring to domestic fauna, but as with any poet who gazes intensely into the outer world, he […]
I’m pleased to announce being published in another fine issue of No Thoughts Magazine, “The Music Issue, #9.” My photo from Salzburg graces the back cover, “Punks Not Dead!” Check the issue out. View “Issue #9” at NoThoughtsMagazine.com here
