Philip Poburka on mon 15 may 00
Re R.Shroeder --- I like the idea - just off the cuff:
St. Catherine of Sienna...The work of Jujol, and Gaudi...
Mdmm. Blavatsky...Polish Horse Cavalry vs German Tanks in Sept.
1939...the Strike-anywhere-wooden-match...R.D.Laing...Old Black guys who
smooked KOOL non filters...the movie 'Breaker Morant'...
18th-early 19th Cent. Shakers...John Chapman (aka J.Appleseed)...
Goerge Orr...Albert Schweitzer...Margaret Sanger...Good Coffee,
Cigarettes, Scotch...Early U.F.O.Contactee Literature...The
Photographic work of Hill and Addams...Teddy Roosevelt...The,or that there
IS [or that it is possible to HAVE]a ROMANCE OF THE WORLD...From which to
'say' or 'DO'something,...any (mostly pre-'post-modern') IDEALS,
Idealisations,thusly expressed,
found, LIVED, expressed IN artifacts, testimonies,IN- LIVING...
postcards from the edge of town...Birds- the ELEGANCE of "EGGS"
...Mary Baker Eddy...William Blake...ELEGANCE of any kind...
Vividness, Clearity, Vision, Lucidity, Clairvoyance...ingenuous
presences, or the evidence of their having lived...Very old Pianos with
original strings...The last Ice Age...LOVE...
(Enough ! ) - Phil
Pat/Kent on mon 15 may 00
These are my influences:
Trips to the mountains
Tahiti and Mooraea
Dreams of the rain forests
Most kinds of music
Niklos Kazansakis (sp?)
The Urantia Book
wonderful art professors at DU
Vance Kirkland
The desert
Living things
Beatnik stuff
Flower Child stuff (the freedom, not the drugs)
The openness of the late '60's and '70's
Alan Ginesberg (sp?)
Jack Keroack
Living 53 years and maintaining an inqusitive mind
Respect for others
The Right to Challenge
The Right to ask Questions
Yes these and more have helped shape who I am and what I do and what I
believe.
Pat Porter
pporter@4dv.net
Http://www.geocities.com/windy_pines_2000/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Poburka"
To:
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 10:33 PM
Subject: Sharing Influences...(Short)...re Shroeder
> Re R.Shroeder --- I like the idea - just off the cuff:
>
> St. Catherine of Sienna...The work of Jujol, and Gaudi...
> Mdmm. Blavatsky...Polish Horse Cavalry vs German Tanks in Sept.
> 1939...the Strike-anywhere-wooden-match...R.D.Laing...Old Black guys who
> smooked KOOL non filters...the movie 'Breaker Morant'...
> 18th-early 19th Cent. Shakers...John Chapman (aka J.Appleseed)...
> Goerge Orr...Albert Schweitzer...Margaret Sanger...Good Coffee,
> Cigarettes, Scotch...Early U.F.O.Contactee Literature...The
> Photographic work of Hill and Addams...Teddy Roosevelt...The,or that there
> IS [or that it is possible to HAVE]a ROMANCE OF THE WORLD...From which to
> 'say' or 'DO'something,...any (mostly pre-'post-modern') IDEALS,
> Idealisations,thusly expressed,
> found, LIVED, expressed IN artifacts, testimonies,IN- LIVING...
> postcards from the edge of town...Birds- the ELEGANCE of "EGGS"
> ...Mary Baker Eddy...William Blake...ELEGANCE of any kind...
> Vividness, Clearity, Vision, Lucidity, Clairvoyance...ingenuous
> presences, or the evidence of their having lived...Very old Pianos with
> original strings...The last Ice Age...LOVE...
> (Enough ! ) - Phil
>
>
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