Interviewsand Articles

 

the rescue of ignorance

by Julia Connor, Apr 2, 2007


 

 

there can no longer be any mistake

the angels have traded in their haloes for hard hats

they carry bowls of fire on their backs

bent by the dead white heat of grief

“you can’t go in there,” we shout

but hip to planetary need

they enter everywhere

wings deftly folded into scapulas

black-gloved and dragging a hose

would you challenge their decision?

the pleats of heaven’s garb

are complicit with inquiry

conflagration is their familiar

this ordeal…it must enter you

it must burn clear thorough

to the truth of our vulnerability

pick up your hatchets, pick up your hearts

we are late

the transparency we must each become

waits desperate in the rubble

—Julia Connor

 

 

A Man Impossible to Classify photo: r. whittaker One of my first experiences in San Francisco ... Read More 750642 views


The Dumpster       “We can’t use these. They look like ... Read More 163151 views


Say Grace I am deeply delighted to live on a planet that is so big and varied that I can ... Read More 13796 views


Cotton and Silk Vorbeck quilt, detail I’m working on the last panel of a pair of ... Read More 15078 views


A Conversation with Silas Hagerty photo: r. whittaker I met Silas, a young man in his twenties ... Read More 87035 views


READ MORE >> 

A Man Impossible to Classify photo: r. whittaker One of my first experiences in San Francisco ... Read More 750642 views


Interview with Bill Douglass - Jimbo's Bop City and Other Tales At the time I'd first gotten to know the widely respected ... Read More 372106 views


Greeting the Light It was thanks to artist Walter Gabrielson that I was able to get ... Read More 337140 views


Interview: Gail Needleman Gail Needleman taught music at Holy Names University in Oakland, ... Read More 197499 views


The Dumpster       “We can’t use these. They look like ... Read More 163151 views


READ MORE >>