A Writer’s Process

"You can do without a woman but not a typewriter." Charles Bukowski A Writer's Process In the Art World, process can a be a pretty big thing. In art colleges it can be everything. During every Q&A someone is sure to ask "What is your process?". Process is a collection of habits and practices an … Continue reading A Writer’s Process →

One Time With God

One Time With God NB: The following is a story of fiction and fantasy. This is a story with two beginnings. The first is In The Beginning when God said, "Let there be light". That story goes from there to Adam and Eve, then to the Old Testament with that whole story, onto the life … Continue reading One Time With God →

Profiles In Courage

Here is an essay I wrote for the Profound Living site, called Profiles In Courage. Profiles In Courage

Dirty Underwear

Dirty underwear Socks, shirts, pants, strewn all around Alas, hard to keep clean. ~Michael Kroth, Haiku We live in such a throw away society. A consumption society. A care-less society. It is difficult to watch the oceans fill with plastic and the impact of our litter on innocent animals, plants, and people. Much has … Continue reading Dirty Underwear →

Robots, oh no!

"I learned you have to move fast, writing futuristic satire in America: Before you know it, you're a realist!" Jennifer Egan Robots, oh no! The idea of robots is not only the huge mechanical arm that can build a car. It is also automation. There are ideas and pretty sure ideas that software using al·go·rithms … Continue reading Robots, oh no! →

Lying In Bed

There is something creative about lying in bed. Something scrumptious. Something drug-free-but-drug-ish. Something sinful. I am not one to loll about in bed all day, and when I “hit the hay” I’m pretty much out until the next morning. I don’t take naps. When my alarm goes off in the morning I head out to … Continue reading Lying In Bed →

Abstract Language: Collaboration

"Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature." Josef Albers Abstract Language: Collaboration Collaboration is about getting more than you could imagine. Let us illustrate with an example! Pretend that you are a party planner. You are hired for a job and you have vision in your mind. You are thinking Old South with gentlemen … Continue reading Abstract Language: Collaboration →

Moral Corrosion, Moral Hypocrisy, Moral Center

"This is how moral Corrosion happens." Erodes. ~David Brooks. He's right. ~Michael Kroth, Haiku, 3-4-19 David Brooks' recent NYTs essay, Morality and Michael Cohen, describes how congressional Republicans, as they support the current president, become "morally numb" via "daily acts of moral distancing, a process that means that after a few months you are tolerant of any … Continue reading Moral Corrosion, Moral Hypocrisy, Moral Center →

The Revenge of Martha Graham

"No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times." Martha Graham The Revenge of Martha Graham Every educational dance school, from the private arts college to the University of New Mexico, will hire a professional work to be put on their students. This is … Continue reading The Revenge of Martha Graham →

News Junkie

"Get a good night's rest. Have a good breakfast. Don't lie to the FBI." Chuck Rosenberg News Junkie When Trump got elected I became a news junkie. What prompted it, I think, was that while he was on the campaign trail that he suggested the "second amendment solution" for Ms. Clinton. He was telling his … Continue reading News Junkie →