by Tim Girvin | May 25, 2006 | Diary
(FOR: M: 5.25) I wish, sometimes, that my under standing, seeing from beneath, I could presume that the path could be straight and true — known merely as: it’s that way. Not this. But I find that it wavers, like the shimmering this morning, when all is...
by Tim Girvin | May 18, 2006 | Diary
palimpsest \PAL-imp-sest\, noun: 1. A manuscript, usually of papyrus or parchment, on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible. 2. An object or place whose older layers or aspects are apparent beneath its...
by Tim Girvin | May 8, 2006 | Diary
Pun intended, I suppose — the bain, the bath — so called, (bane, rather) of conjurers and magicians: David Blaine. But his newest stunt — amazingly at the Lincoln Center Courtyard — is a curious spectacle… Literally. Not sure how this...
by Tim Girvin | May 5, 2006 | Diary
Some Friday humor… wag \WAG\, noun: A humorous person; a wit; a joker. Wag in this sense perhaps comes from the obsolete wag-halter, “a rogue; one likely to be hanged.” And, for the visuals…and humor, conceive of this as being entirely for real...
by Tim Girvin | May 3, 2006 | Diary
Good to be home, however late. Simpler, getting in and out of places… Jakarta security, while efficient, is still…team driven, hyper- detailed and managed…
