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Day 52

Day 52 – Total confirmed cases in US: 1,205,138 On Sunday I went for a walk in the woods of Inwood Hill Park. It was the first time I left my building since March 16, except for two quick trips to get supplies. The park at the northern tip of Manhattan might be the leastContinue reading “Day 52”

Posted bymikepowernycMay 6, 2020Posted inart, writingTags:art, inwood hill park, nature, painting, plague diaryLeave a comment on Day 52

Day 50

Day 50 – Total confirmed cases in US: 1,158,341 Be still old tree And lean imperceptibly toward the light Be still old tree And breath slow and deep Be still old tree And trust the grip of your roots Be still old tree And make yourself a home for vulnerable creatures Be still old treeContinue reading “Day 50”

Posted bymikepowernycMay 4, 2020Posted inpoetry, writingTags:nature, original poem, poem, poetry, tree, treesLeave a comment on Day 50

Day 19

Day 19 – Total confirmed cases in US: 245,601 “We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.” Albert Einstein The reckoning is here. Dylan’s hard rain is pelting the fuck out of us. What we could have done to stop it doesn’t matter now. It will again at someContinue reading “Day 19”

Posted bymikepowernycApril 3, 2020Posted inessay, writingTags:bob dylan, history, nature, plague diary, politics, writingLeave a comment on Day 19

Which must not remain in the same hands…

Posted bymikepowernycMay 18, 2018October 12, 2018Posted inUncategorizedTags:bossuet, death, nature, prose, writingLeave a comment on Which must not remain in the same hands…

Nature As Art’s Greatest Model

“Art takes nature as its model.” Aristotle Follow this link to read my piece on the influence of Nature on Art, published byArtPublika Magazine.

Posted bymikepowernycNovember 2, 2017October 12, 2018Posted inUncategorizedTags:art, artist, essay, hudson river school, natureLeave a comment on Nature As Art’s Greatest Model
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