by Tim Girvin | Jul 12, 2009 | Diary
I was taking a rest, after a long week — a contemplation: and things came to mind that recalled the journeys that have been, and what new emergences shall be. And those dreams were deepening, in the meaning — the meditation on making — and the...
by Tim Girvin | Jun 2, 2009 | Diary
Why does Tim Girvin love crows and ravens? Some people have equated the raven as being something inextricably linked to me — my personal brand. That is, when people see something on the raven, or the crow, they presume that I know about it, or should. And they...
by Tim Girvin | Apr 11, 2009 | Diary
Getting to the soul of things. What is a thing? I’ve wondered about that. A thing. thing O.E. þing “meeting, assembly,” later “entity, being, matter” (subject of deliberation in an assembly), also “act, deed, event, material...
by Tim Girvin | Mar 22, 2009 | Diary
I have longed for the desert, since I was a child. I’d asked my Mother, after seeing LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, to learn the theme on the piano, so she could play it over and over. And when we sat together, at the piano, the cascades of memory in sound, the long...
by Tim Girvin | Mar 2, 2009 | Diary
The beginning, forming the nest. I’ve written about creating an installation — actually, many installations and placements — over time. Dawn Clark (http://dacarc.wordpress.com/) and I built a nest — woven of sticks that we found on the beach....
by Tim Girvin | Feb 24, 2009 | Diary
I’ve been out walking; and listening; and looking skyward — up through the trees, into the clear blue sky. And what happened there were three ravens, flying at once, over the top of me. And when the Raven flies, I always stop, quiet in my step, because...
