by beachraven | Mar 26, 2021
Downtown Monterey, California The direction seems to reverse, and I become an observer instead of an initiator. It happens midway before sleep falls deep, and there is still a thread of awake attached. The place where thoughts give way, make a turn and become...
by beachraven | Mar 20, 2021
Lovers Point, Pacific Grove, California I worked in a factory with an eclectic collection of characters. One of them was Delbert. It was cold in the winter in those old metal buildings, and Delbert wore the same yellow jacket for as long as I knew him. He even...
by beachraven | Mar 12, 2021
Veteran’s Trail, Monterey, California “If you wake up at 3:00 a.m., you should meditate,” was my instruction. I took this as a generality and gave it some leeway. So I sat cross-legged on the floor in the dark with the night air drifting in through...
by beachraven | Mar 6, 2021
Ravenswork Studios, Venice, Califonia The first time I met artist Jim Barrett, he climbed out of his white station wagon, pulled an oxygen tank from the back seat, and threaded the plastic tubes around his neck and into his nose. Our friend Mark Governor...
