MAPP April

When it comes to poetry, I often feel like an abused clown/spouse.  So I thought a lot about what it means to be either, and I came up with a mime.  No one seems to know what to make of this one, and I love that.  I tried to push with "free because I love you."

"I did it because I love you," something abusers say and "I come back because I love you," are both ways I feel about poetry.  I beat you because I love you and I let you beat me because I love you.  It's a messed up situation, and it looks glamorous to people outside of it.

Anyway, this MAPP is going to be great.

MAPP in February

This is for our second MAPP.

Live painting: Elizabeth Howe
Prose: Ben Pricket
Poetry: Cameron Jackson, Del Ray Cross, Eleanor Bayne Johnson, and Sharon Zetter.
Music: Justin Botros and Chris Stroffolino

L's Caffe, 2871 24th St.

MAPP: Mission Art & Perfromance Project, San Francisco

My friend Salinger says that rush jobs yield the best results. I think he is wrong, but he might be right in this case. This was a major rush, but I think it turned out pretty, pretty good. The colors are a little washed on line, but I don't have time to correct them for the web right now.

It's for an event called the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) in San Francisco. I think it might be the coolest thing I am ever involved with.

There will be poetry read by Jack Morgan, Jarrod Roland, Paul Ebenkamp, and Jenny Drai.
There will be music played by Diana McCullough and Casey Speer.
There will be art displayed by V.E. Grenier, Helen Tseng, and Jack Morgan.