Category Archives: photo

Posted on January 31, 2017 by skipavm@gmail.com

This portrait was drawn by my dear friend Arshia Qasim; artist, poet, writer, empath, neurologist and the list goes on. She has recently taken on the founding of the Alhamra Art Center of New Jersey (https://www.facebook.com/ALHAMRAARTNJ/). Here, she will be … Continue reading →

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Dervishes in a Raindrop

Posted on March 22, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

I am a raindrop cradled in the center of a hyacinth sprout. My silhouette shown In its verdant cup. There below the azure, above the green leaf’s blade, stands a circle of dervishes in reflected shades of gray. A silent gathering … Continue reading →

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Oh Icarus, what have you done?

Posted on September 18, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO ORIGINAL COLLABORATION SITE: Oh Icarus, what have you done? Image alchemy by “Life Through Blue Eyes” (Diana Matisz) Poet accompaniment by Phosphorimental ______ Up here, hollering winds unsettle dust softening on Empyrean rising thermals graze cloud … Continue reading →

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Love surrounds those who surround others with love

Posted on August 8, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Those whom we surround with hatred, surround us; and so it goes with love. Love surrounds those who surround others with love. The conflict begins and ends with how you circumscribe yourself. You see, hatred is fear tied to a … Continue reading →

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Children of Gaza

Posted on August 1, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

  What you feel from these images, is what your heart is trying to see. This is only confusing to the mind.Love first, rationalize later. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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exists

Posted on October 5, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

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How to Make a Bad Dingo Regurgitate a Baby

Posted on July 24, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Step by step now.  1. Stick two fingers in dingos mouth.  2. Press down on back of dingos tongue until dingo regurgitates.  3. Catch and dry off baby.  So no more excuses moms. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Black Wierdness

Posted on July 9, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

mi bicicleta es muy                          NEGRO mi bicicleta es muy negro es muy negro mi bicicleta                                                  mibicicleta es muynegro tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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The Nearly American Dream

Posted on May 5, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

It was dinnertime and these guys were waiting on their truck-ride home. They caught me taking this photo – and we all shared in the amusing irony of the event. By the time the light had turned green, they’d loaded … Continue reading →

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The Talented Tragically Shattered

Posted on April 19, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

the tragically shattered can slip into blackness like an anvil through ether.  But they weren’t pushed…they jumped. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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