A reminder to myself, first: according to Matthew (and Luke), Jesus, peace be upon him, said “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
(im)patiently waiting
Ed Worthington – ‘Uno Giro D’Italia’
Back in November, 2017, while his girlfriend was away, Ed “the 6 Million P Man” Worthington took himself on uno giro d’Italia, and the zine, ‘Uno Giro D’Italia,’ is the result.
afternoon delight?
Tim Dobbs – ‘London New York Pontycymmer’
In ‘London New York Pontycymmer… A day in the artist’s studio,” Tim Dobbs takes us on a tour of Kevin Sinnott’s home and studio. I’d call Sinnott’s painting “expressionist figurative” or “figurative expressionism,” something like that: brushy, splotchy, sketchy, a bit comical in some ways (the few in the zine, anyway: I’m not familiar with Sinnott’s …
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hobble
there but for fortune…
There’s a Phil Ochs song that I sometimes think about, the hook goes “there but for fortune go you, or go I,” and I give thanks to Allah for guiding me to where I am, and I ask Him to guide me to better in this life, better in the next life, and to save …
