Collectages

“Pensées” Oil on Canvas- 36X40 (at the Chancelerie du Consulat de France NYC) On Saturday December 4th,  I participated to the event “Poetry-Sound-Music Intersections” at A Gathering of the Tribes organized by Chicagoan poet/trumpet Dan Godston. The performers included: 1st set: Kristin Prevallet (poetry) and Edmund Mooney (electronics) 2nd set: Nicole Peyrafitte (vocals, poetry), David [...]

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I arrived Monday afternoon in Bourg d’Oueil after a long but pleasant trip. My Pyrenean home is closer to Spain than to Paris and I am not kidding: it takes 15 minutes by car to reach the Spanish border and about 8 hours to reach Paris!  My travels began Sunday at 1:30 p.m. from our [...]

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Walking up this morning: Nov 3rd, 2010, was not as bad as waking up on November 5th 2008: Bush’s reelection, but certainly not as joyful as waking up on November 5th 2008 : Obama’s election.  I am certainly not looking forward to Boehner‘s face as the House leader,  but I take little comfort at the [...]

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Thank you all of you who came to hear Trialogues at The Local 269 on Monday.  Pierre Joris, Michael Bisio & I had a wonderful  time and the captive audience provided great support and inspiration. At the end of this post you will find the photo gallery of the gig —courtesy of my friend documentalist/ [...]

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NP—From Concert Series @ Local269 / May 2010 Graduation, birthdays, family visits, drawings, preparation for up-coming shows kept me away from the computer, but here is the schedule for the next few weeks. We hope to see you at these very exiting shows: Sunday June 27th Metropolitan Museum 1:00PM “Picasso, Pablo Ruiz: Spanish Poet Who [...]

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More painting, listening, writing, practicing than cooking the last few weeks. Below a text and a painting. Many meanings, thoughts, influences, mythologies come into play here but also the french saying: faire avaler des couleuvres, literally: “to make someone swallow grass snake” meaning: “to have to do or accept something that one doesn’t want to”. [...]

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NP 04/26/2010 —Ink & pastels on paper— 5×7  (hi-res here) The only way I can survive the 19th century immersion I have to go through, is by having a sketch pad next to me and doodle as needed…really an obsession replaced by another. I found it healthier than reaching for a beer or a cigarette, [...]

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From the NP’s Winslow Homer Postcard collage series I am looking forward to a variety of exciting events this spring/early summer. All the details are listed below & do not miss “Trialogues” —Joris/Peyrafitte/Bisio— at the Vision Festival June29th! Events coming up: Thursday April 29th 6:15PM I’m giving a talk -with slides & IN FRENCH & [...]

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I don’t eat much pasta but before a gig I like to have an early dinner that will give enough energy to be able to sing three hours later and pasta & lox is perfect for me. So on Monday before going to our gig at The Local 269 with Pierre Joris & Michael Bisio [...]

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The bok choy in the fridge was calling for immediate attention. As it was Sunday and brunch time I felt like something a little more festive than bok choy and rice! Some sort of a soufflé came to mind. I preheated the oven to 375º. I sliced the bok choy vertically into 6 sections, then [...]

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