Lily S. May–Life with Art
I've been working on another piece that combines part of an old linocut with gouache paint. It's been a tough one in terms of design. I'll post it here once I finish it. Yesterday I said aloud while working: "I should just throw this against the wall." After that I made some progress! Here's a… Continue reading Slow Going Plus Writing
I've begun making a series of postcards. Here are the first two I've designed, back from the printer. These are combinations of two poems I've written superimposed on two of my linocuts. You can also see the postcards in my etsy shop. I decided to give the series a name and hit upon naming them in… Continue reading Cedar Postcards
I'm reading and rereading the books of two great poets, Mahmoud Darwish and Ghassan Zaqtan. These were translated from Arabic into English by Fady Joudah. I mentioned that his translation of Zaqtan's Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me won him and Zaqtan the Griffin Poetry Prize this year. Reading Straw Bird has led me… Continue reading The Excellent Poetry I’m Reading
I've mentioned in an earlier post that I have begun writing over the past several years. Reading and hearing poetry is a large part of my education as I learn to develop my capacity to write poetry--to closely observe life and put the observations into words. Last night I went to Koerner Hall in… Continue reading Griffin Poetry Prize
Arts of May 