Eye Warning, CATastrophic Attention Spans, and Dali Dolly Redux
New Art. CAT-astrophic Attention Span (a story). <br /> The C-A-T with A-D-D. Life In The Deficit Column (A Moral… | by aleXander hirka | Medium Life In The...
Feel the "Like" & Like the Liars & Thieves
This Is Your Mind On Internets . . . Scroll Scroll Scroll . . . click! <br /> Merrily We Scroll Along. Show Me Your “Like”, And I’ll Show You… | by aleXander...
The Dark And Mysterious (Hot Dogs Included)
Every picture tells a story. Every sound a memory evokes. Wash it down with some observations. I am not the one to mop up the vascular juices that pulse...
The Cat and Cacophany and Dancing
The Shadow Of Your Meow <br /> Cat On A Dark Noir Floor. The Shadow Of Your Meow | by aleXander hirka | Medium The Shadow Of Your Meow </div> Cacophonous...
The Cat x 2 + An Environmental Biology Lesson
Two Tales of The Cat My Tale. <br /> Absence. A Heart Gone Yonder | by aleXander hirka | Jan, 2022 | Medium A Heart Gone Yonder </div> My life/art partner...
Hawk and Lobster
Resolutions scattered around my desk—like so many discarded skin flakes feeding the dust mites—as the new year gets off to a slow start.No new writings and...
An artist and a writer walk into a New Year . . .
An artist walks into the New Year . . . The tourists: Art, schmart.Unless of course, it is Immersive Van Gogh or something else we can talk about around the...
New Year's Eve Special
That's why I can't say enough times,whatever love you can get and give,whatever happinessyou can filch or provide,every temporary measure of grace,whatever...
Favorite Films of 2021 + Deconstructing LXXander
The envelope, please . . . The Anomalous Duo's 30 favorite films of 2021. 30 Cinematic Treasures in 2021. Out of the 130 or so we watched this… | by...
Sadness and Artificial Good Cheer
Noting with sadness the passing of artist and friend E F Higgins III. Good Cheer. Tradition, habit, or conformity? Bezos' wallet and the landfills await YOUR...
Speed Limit 70 Up Ahead [Special Edition]
In one week from today "70 SONGS" will be playing on speakers and earbuds all over the planet. Will you be among the groovin'? I'd love to gift YOU with this...
If You Want It Here It Is . . .
Come And Get It . . . "70 SONGS" will emerge 12/22/21 (Palindrome Day!) Allz you gotta do is respond to this email — just ask for it. Limited Edition. Did...
In Nineteen Days . . .
I turn 70. And time to share — "70 SONGS" Here is the trailer. Just completed. Watch it at this YouTube link . . . This is YOUR first opportunity to let me...
The CONSUM-21 Virus Spreading Like Wildfire
Think of the Macy's parade as the Wuhan of the extremely contagious virus CONSUM-21. Then step into the dystopian world outside your door! The Mandate....
Asking for Ten More Springs [Special Edition]
In one month from today I turn 70 . . . Ten More Springs The Impetus Of Seeing The Finish Line Asking for Ten More Springs. The Impetus Of Seeing The Finish...
Sometimes You Gotta Stand On Your Head
There is another city, another world, if you look at it upside down. Topsy-Turvy. A View of Reality, Flip'd. Video > Photographs > Topsy-Turvy. A View Of...
Memory — Our Only Afterlife
My mom and I. An ending, a beginning—going forward, going backward—a Möbius strip of memories. Zena Mnemonic. Non-linear Drips From A Memory Like A… | by...
What do you think Everything is?
A short piece. A four-minute read about Everything. We Move Through This Like We Know What It’s All About | by aleXander hirka | Nov, 2021 | Medium Just One...
Scary Past and Future
People love listening to SCARY RECORDINGS on Halloween! I got a really good one for you. Also known as "Ghost Tape Number 10", this was an audio mix the US...
October Words Art Song
My partner in life/art, Tammy, has landed a part-time job, working remotely from home. Big changes for our faux-retirement fantasy. This means we can end our...
The Sky Above, The Past Behind
Skies for the Eyes. ClouDelicious Sky. It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s . . . | by aleXander hirka | SNAPSHOTS | MediumIt’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s . . ....
Spectacles and Imagination
Spectacle in the USofA We are being genetically modified — slow-cooked by the corporate media — into Event Hunger. The museums don't just have exhibitions...
Winning Arts and Valuables
Here's some free art. Now that I've got my foot in your door . . . Let me open up my email suitcase of goodies for you to consider getting for folks on your...
September and Loss
“There’s a bit of magic in everything / and then some loss to even things out.” – Lou Reed In the 1990s I put together a compilation of songs — under the...
Pause and Imagine (and Get Used To It)
A pandemic fairy tale—spun from the fabric outdoors—written a year ago. Pandemic Pause. Tamara Takes Care Of Herself | by aleXander hirka | MediumTamara...
Remembering and Forgetting - Which 9/11?
Selective Remembering and Forgetting The 3 photos here, which tell a story of their own, were taken by me. I spent a few hours last night putting down the...
Walking Among The Dead, The Living & The Creative
Let me take you down / 'cause I'm going to . . . Woodlawn Cemetary, The Bronx, New York City The Dead & The Living. People and Trees at Woodlawn Cemetery |...
Special Edition for Labor Day
There is a glitch in the Buttondown software that brings this amazing newsletter to your email doorstep weekly. While that is being worked out — and a...
Meanwhile in Art & Life & Travels & Music
ART/LIFE A Life/Art Performance Piece in Reno, Nevada, on 25 August 2013. (A drive-through marriage may be the right choice for you. Ask your accountant.)...
Special Edition: "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
This BBC series was so amazing I could not wait until the next newsletter to share. . . “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” (BBC—Feb 2021) Adam Curtis is a...
On The Road Again
Kids and Friends in Vermont Last week I went to Vermont — where I lived for 20+ years — to visit with my three adult kids, as well as some dear friends. On...
Burning Man In Mind & Heart For Now
Here’s a little of the past as I am currently moving through the present and into the future on a trip to Vermont/Montreal. First real travel since the...
Looking Up and Down and All Around
This issue of the newsletter is for those who don’t like to read too much, but like cool pictures. Click and enjoy. Look Down To See The Sky Street Mirrors....
Secrets Of Making Up Your Mind + Music x 70
Appetizer. A poem of sorts. The decision/opinion-making process — deconstructed. Entitled To An Opinion. Awaiting the Breakthrough | by aleXander hirka |...
The Glittering Sunlight Of Life's July
Greetings friends. I hope those among you who are fans of Bob Dylan (very much so myself) — got to see the spectacular broadcast called “Shadow Kingdom”. I...
That's Life (and Death and Laughs)
A cabaret, a carnival, etc — that's what the songs say LIfe is. I love Frank SInatra, and his fabulous rendition of "That's Life". Click title and have a...
One more story. One more collage. One more poem. One less tooth.
After months of trying to save one of my teeth it had to come out. I’ve gone through this before but it remains an existentially horrifying thing to have an...
Eleven Years Back + The Sidewalks of New York — Parts 1-3
On 1 July 2010 I drove a rental truck holding all of my earthly posessions 300 miles — from Vermont to New York City. Here are my thoughts on all that —...
Life & Cinema
I saw some truly excellent films in the last two weeks. And so I wanted to share them with those who might want something a bit more individual than the...
These Are The Days
People say: I had One Of Those Days. Today thoroughly applied. I won't bore you with the details but it all began with the office chair I ordered online...
All Eggs In One Basket
Feeding Three Birds With One Seed In last week's first issue of this newsletter I welcomed all of the subscribers from my blog Tempest-tossed in New York...
Welcome to Tempest-tossed Stardust
Greetings. You are receiving this because you are a subscriber to my blog — Tempest-tossed in New York City. (The service that delivered those blog updates...