Monthly Archives: July 2009

rikki once tikki now taviless

Posted on July 25, 2009 by rick mobbs

. . Oh, Naomio, де ви? Ти зник в самій тонкої в важнічать I was hoping for an emotionally clear space before heading out later in the week. Instead, I am frazzled to frizzled nub. And very short, too. Much … Continue reading →

Posted in Al-x, Alex Chamyan, carnival people, gigolo, half as good as rain and the people agree, my summer vacation, naomio, particularity, physics and slow jowls, pills, rikki tikki tavi, sliding out of the looking glass and onto the floor, twice as good as rain and the people agree, wave and pparticle ppparticle and wave | 4 Comments

I came, I bathed, I howled

Posted on July 21, 2009 by rick mobbs

There was a night when the lights went out – it was only for a second, but when they came back up everything had changed. I was dripping wet from the bath, rain was coming down in buckets outside and … Continue reading →

Posted in freewriting, making up stories, stories, storytelling | 6 Comments

gerard manley hopkins

Posted on July 20, 2009 by rick mobbs

This is something I painted for Maria Fernanda Sosa, rolled up and carried to Venezuela to deliver to her. I probably owed her some money, I can’t remember now. Or maybe it was because her daughter, Fernanda Sosa, asked for … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, amuirin, awakening, christ, fernanda sosa, fifth business, gerard manley hopkins, God's Grandeur, jesuits, nanda, poetry, stop and wander, supernatural bridge, what's bred in the bone, with warm breast and with ah! bright wings. | 2 Comments

song for amuirin

Posted on July 18, 2009 by rick mobbs

Now Cleo faced the nighttime she thought the urge a little strange her pencil and papers in a stack before her hoping darkness her thoughts would arrange. . She stared out of the window thought of her lover sleeping alone … Continue reading →

Posted in amuirin, children, cleo, gerard manley hopkins, image prompts, paint dept., painting, passion, poem, poetry, relationships, stop and wander, with warm breast and with ah! bright wings. | 4 Comments

in with the whirl, out with the swirl

Posted on July 18, 2009 by rick mobbs

don’t struggle against the irresistible: the answer to surviving a fall into a whirlpool. A small madness took me, and now I am back from Chicago. Four hours in a line stretching around a city block, a five minute interview … Continue reading →

Posted in 2, 2000 artists in 4 hours, Bravo's Untitled Art Project, bravotv.com/casting, christopher stuart, Nanci Pirri, rodney swanstrom, theresa handy | 7 Comments

Blog Reorganization and Bravo cattle call update

Posted on July 13, 2009 by rick mobbs

Returning from work taking me so many months away from this blog I have started back by rearranging the furniture here (so to speak), an old, old way of getting control over my life. I used to do it so … Continue reading →

Posted in blog history, Bravo's Untitled Art Project, Chicago, dreams, hatrack.com, images, notable collaborations, storybook collaborative, tapestry, Uncle Orson's Writing Class and Literary Boot Camp, words | 3 Comments

War Games; and Bravo’s UNTITLED ART PROJECT

Posted on July 11, 2009 by rick mobbs

We played paintball in the mountains here, with friends from work. I sprained my ankle and broke a rib and had quarter sized bruises all over my body. I limped for a week and still hold my side when I … Continue reading →

Posted in art, art for film and tv, artfagcity, artnet magazine, Bravo Untitled Art Project, bravotv.com/casting, Broadus and Ada, collaborative storybook, family, film work, four sisters, hatrack.com, Ian Gold, jason bruno, Magical Elves, Mormon, naomi swinton, new work, Nick Gilhool, orson scott card, paint dept., paintball, Pretty Matches, reality tv, Sarah Jessica Parker, the writing life, Uncle Orson's Writing Class and Literary Boot Camp, united world college, works in progress | 32 Comments

firecracker girl turns one: (some of) the year in pictures

Posted on July 5, 2009 by rick mobbs

Happy 4th (now 5th) of July, everyone, and Happy Birthday, Ada Corinna Meridian Swinton. She is a fierce and funny newcomer, strong and determined. The universe is her home, and for now, we are her country. Who knows where these … Continue reading →

Posted in ada corinna, ada's first birthday, amuirin, broadus aurelius, callings, egnima, family, homebirth, joyce ellen davis, logan bunting-mock, love, naomi swinton, orson scott card, painting, uncle pepek, works in progress, yael naim | 3 Comments