seanessay.com A bartender would ask me, “What’s your pleasure?” … We have all heard of millionaires in the entertainment world who break the law, doing illegal drugs, badly. On my blog I sometimes post open letters to a music millionaire, Derek Sivers, whom I came to know not from his business acumen but from his […]
Mars Poem, Three Men in Three Centuries
seanessy.com January, the month when people visit their travel agency for new plans, was the month I posted my first The War of the Worlds poem, feeling nostalgia for another place and time. Today I give you my final poem. Goodby to a long road of 80 manuscript pages. A few final poems are posted […]
Patriarchy and Hierarchy
seanessay.com I wonder how many times we come across the words “hierarchy” and “patriarchy,” often mentioned in the same sentence, without truly knowing the definitions. It’s easy to keep our eyes lowered, our consciousness lowered. In his pre-war memoir Bugles and a Tiger, a young peach fuzzed lieutenant, (subaltern), Robert Masters, learned not to complain […]
On a Cheery Child Note
seanessay.com Last week’s piece on Art ended on a grim note, so I surveyed my old Friday Free Fall writings for cheery childhood stuff. …We gather Friday mornings to have a “prompt,” of a word or phrase, then write swiftly, roughly, no parachute, no ‘do overs.’ … Prompt-the little people … Some like it hot, […]
Art Easing Life
seanessay.com This week, some art smacked me right into bed with my clothes on. How to describe it? No, it wasn’t a painting that distressed me, although for some folks a picture can be awfully rough. Every year around this time the Imaginus poster sale makes the rounds of campuses. One reproduction is always bigger […]
When Ego Hurts Groups
seanessay.com As a warning to individuals Derek Sivers blogged Ego is the Enemy. I am alarmed by ego within groups, so I commented twice on his post, and wrote him a letter too. With some parts omitted, to stay under 900 words, (plus many silly comments) here are my concerns: Letter …omitted… Derek, I told […]