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Sunday, June 28, 2020

Capital: Old Clay

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Sunday, September 1, 2013

Stunt Doubles

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Looking At You

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Odysseus: sculpture mix; unglazed. The first full-sized head I made: years ago. I just felt the mood to look at it again, and he loo...

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Scylla and Charybdis

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Anger and Stupidity, in other words. Monstrosities that will eat you alive, or swallow you down, or both. Or, perhaps, as in my own case...

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Changeling

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Odysseus' crewman; Circe's merman. Greek Helmet/Merman : sculpture mix; brown and green glazing. This is an old piece, and not entir...

Monday, May 2, 2011

Odysseus: "A Spark Alive"

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But this seemed best to him, as he thought it over. He made his way to a grove above the water on open ground, and crept under twin bushes g...

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Cleopatra's Barge

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When I was a boy swimming lap after lap after lap, I would imagine pulling Cleopatra's barge up the Nile. When we shifted to sprints, I...

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Passages: Post-Homeric Echo

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Broker's concentration failed, and he actually laughed because he was remembering the first line in his favorite book when he was a chi...

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