David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon by Daniel Farson

I generally do not review books until I have finished. But this one really has me thinking. First of all, like Kurt and Courtney, it suffers from the major problem of the biographer placing himself in the story. Over and over again–in almost comical Warhol fashion. In some ways the British are so far off…
Pay Attention Now

Pay attention now Do the deal Make everything routine Find humor in the ordinary Do not be afraid
0. The Fool

Peeling the Zero.
Schumann–Sympony #3

Cody and I listened to this early in the morning–it was bright and cheerful and we both really enjoyed it. The scores are available online here: http://imslp.org/index.php?title=Symphony_No.3,_Op.97_(Schumann,_Robert)& I do not know much about Schumann, but he evidently wrote this to be “popular” and it is–it is also short for having five movements–the last three all…
Sleep

Sleep Eat Listen Help One thing at a time
Exercise

Exercise Do not overwhelm Be honest Accept Help
Head Sets :: 02008-10-16

Jim Ladd95.5 FM KLOSThursday October 16, 2008 Theme: Some kind of hippy thought on staying present with a changing world. 12:06 “Welcome to Head Sets…”12:08 “Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin….”12:08 Pink Floyd–“Welcome To The Machine”12:14 siren, door closing, “there comes a time that the operation of the machine…”12:15 Spirit–Mechanical World12:17 “there…
Richard Serra: Sculpture: Forty Years

This book was awesome. It started with an interview with the author. Then there were two fantastic reviews and appreciations–very well written. A great introduction to an important author.
Elevate

Elevate Estimate Educate Elucidate Energize
Bike Crash!

This image perfectly captures what happens if a stick gets caught in your spokes at 5:00 AM. Yes you go flying over you handle bars and wind up flat on your back wondering what happened. Third time I have gone over the bars, but this time it was on the “rainbow” bike–a 1980 Italian cruiser.…