by Brian Volck | Jun 18, 2013 | art, Food, limits
It’s now been quite some time since I last posted. April was the climax of a ridiculously busy spring, and the downslope toward a saner, more manageable schedule has been long and slow. The whole, mad, busy time, however, got me thinking about art, obstacles, and the...
by Brian Volck | Apr 17, 2013 | suffering
I haven’t posted here in awhile, my April schedule being incredibly busy. I’ve had places to go and more than enough to do. Monday’s bombings in Boston, however, called me, however briefly, out of my stale self-absorption. When events like this happen – at least when...
by Brian Volck | Mar 27, 2013 | kenosis, liberation, poetry
For Pesach and Holy Week, an older poem of mine, engaging the great festivals in a slantwise way: Francis and the Leper (for Richard Rohr) They both stank (it was not a time obsessed with odorlessness). Doubtless both were frightened: the God-besotted penitent...
by Brian Volck | Mar 14, 2013 | art
I learned today, via the UK’s Telegraph, that I share with newly-elected Pope Francis a favorite painting: Marc Chagall’s White Crucifixion. We also share an appreciation for the film, Babette’s Feast, his favorite, though I’d place Gabriel Axel’s masterpiece just...
by Brian Volck | Mar 1, 2013 | Accountability
Consider this website an experiment. If it keeps me accountable to the work, it will have been successful. If it merely calls attention to me, it’s an exercise in vanity. It’s the work that counts. The work is writing. It’s bracing to tell people, “I’m a writer,” not...
