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This is an old poster from my first poetry reading. It was for a poetry collective in Denver I helped start. It was a gay and lesbian reading at the local coffee shop. I still have a soft spot for this poster. One of my favorite pictures. That's me in the middle many years ago with Harry Hay (at right) with his partner (at left). This was at the conclusion of a workshop Harry held in Oregon. Harry Hay is rightly considered the father of the Modern Gay Rights movement. If you don't know his story and what all LGBT people owe to his pioneering work, look into him.

This is a very old image from the first volume of Leaves of Grass. A lovely photograph of Allen Ginsberg towards the end of his life. He looks like a wise old teacher -- which he was. a photograph from, I assume, the early 1970s of Allen Ginsberg. A favorite of mine as well.

this is an amazing postcard I picked up in British Columbia years ago -- that left me with chills. Its from the Western Canada Wilderness Committee in Vancouver. The quote is actually from Shakespeare -- for those of you can't make that out at the end. Chilling and haunting. a piece of art by Jerry Hooten, whose work graced RFD's pages years ago. He was from the Boston area and has dropped off the face of the earth -- sadly, because I'd love to feature his work in White Crane. He was awonderful artist.


A wonderful tree goddess image. This was part of my "Mary altar" that I had up in my last two apartments. I hope to get images up soon of the whole thing. My dear friend Bo sent this to me. The beautiful bard Whitman. His eyes are wonderful in this photograph. They speak through the centuries. I can't recall if he added or if I added the pansy stickers. I had this in my office as well. I actually had this on my wall in my office. The caption reads, "An Israeli police officer stops a Palestinian man from going to Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque. The picture haunted me and still does. The look on their faces. It speaks of the tragedy of what is happening there. The Israeli office undoubtedly knows people or is related to people who were treated inhumanely. The cycle is a vicious one here and this picture unmistakably describes the inhumanity taking place. I don't think they're publishing these anymore but their covers were fantastic. And this one is hilarious.

this is heart chakra and teacup from Arkansas. Two very sweet faerie elder brothers who have been together since the early 1970s. I save every email from Teacup because its pure deep wisdom. We've never met except online. I cherish the friendship. I first saw this in Denver and it just struck right. This was in 1992 during the whole Columbus quincentennial thing. Just hits a number of things just right. Clearly unintentional but sweet fun all the same. okay, this is one of the hottest pictures I've ever seen. Sort of startling and although the actual story is otherwise, the position of the arms is perfect. Its almost swooning. A great example of different "readings" of the same image.

What a lovely little find this is and still very true. found in a Doctor's waiting room. I decided to answer the question from a heartfelt place. a bit of art from Taylor & Ng's old cookbooks. This was actually a morph of two bits and hung on my kitchen wall. One of their funnier factoid pieces

Eric Orner is a genius. He's been on sabbatical for the six months (or more). I wish he'd come back. We need his insightful wit. The solves one the mysteries in the history of animated art. my friend Kokoe sent this to me. I'm not sure what the Diet Coke folks were thinking. I guess they were marketing to that S&M bondage slice of the market. Still makes me laugh.

A wonderful art piece by Stevee Postman. This appeared in an issue of Genre, back when they were interesting...for all of six months, until they fired the creative editor they had. Stevee's website is fantastic and his Cosmic Tribe tarot first rate.