I am a Poet. I have always been a Poet. And an Artist – or an Illustrator more like. I have always been either one or the other … or a sometimes Photogapher. A Nature Photographer. I have always been one or the other of those …
I am a Storyteller! I have been a Storyteller forever …
— then I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2005 and I stopped writing Poetry. I don’t know why. I stopped drawing; I blamed it on the tremours …
I couldn’t control my hand. Couldn’t stipple or crosshatch even simply. I never could draw a straight line, but now I had an excuse for it …
Photography?
I could still take pictures so I did. Though not very good ones; it always seemed that either nature refused to hold still or my hand – arm – right leg – more and more of me – refused to hold still. I blamed it on the Parkinson’s … but kept on taking bad pictures.
And some of them weren’t so bad. Aren’t — I still tell stories. Folktales, mostly. And, recently, I started writing again –> some poems –> the occasional haiku –> children’s stories. I still can’t draw a straight line … but with meds, and exercise, and patience … I am running out of excuses for not drawing crooked lines.
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time to pick at the seams of the universe … open up a little tear in the fabric of … things … and have a look-see at what’s on the other side
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YOU ARE ALL OF THEM AN EXCELLENT……..POET ARTIST, ILLUSTRATOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER …
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so … where is the poem you promised me?
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hello Frank
hello Gabriella
are you well? talk to us
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Don’t I know you from DH circa late 60’s, early 70’s? What a great period of our lives. Went by so fast.
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the name is unfamiliar – sorry – let me track down a yearbook
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so here I am asking myself where are you? … and myself owns no reply –
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found a yearbook ,,, I DID NOT FIND YOU –
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Eugene? Who spent time in Oxford, Ohio? Who illustrated the first StarDancer?
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is me – how are you – well I hope
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talk to me
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are you writing still? were you writing, then? v. now …
how are you?
where are you? and
what about Naomi? I am writing still, and drawing ,,, and still putting line to paper –
amazon.com/author/genegryniewicz
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we really should touch base
declare a neutral ground and take off our shoes and dance as on holy ground
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Michael – who survived Oxford well, it would appear … funny thing is I was just thinking about you, and the other Michael (Prochak (?) ) And Stardancer ! … infected me …
irrevocably
drop by
http://www.amazon.com/author/genegryniewicz
and
write
as the
spirit moves you. Perhaps
we can get together between holidays … .
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talk to me
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and still we are not talking
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Gene…just stumbled upon this looking through an image link. How are you? Where are you? Been under semi-lockdown here in the UK…but the tories now seem to think everything is fine. Since I’m 71 next week, I’m not taking them all that seriously. Generally OK. Anyway, hope you’re well and do get in touch if you like. You can email me on michaelpro5@gmail.com, or on Facebook, Whatsapp, or through the Stone Junction web site. Take care and be safe. Cheers…Michael (Prochak)
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you are stardancer’s m prochak … yes?
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