Category Archives: Poiesis

Henri Cartier-Bresson: A way of seeing, a way of living

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

Poetry is the essence of everything, and it’s through deep contact with reality and living fully that you reach poetry. Very often I see photographers cultivating the strangeness or awkwardness of a scene, thinking it is poetry. No. Poetry is … Continue reading →

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Gary Snyder and Wild Anarchism

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

For Gary Snyder To be truly free one must take on the basic conditions as they are—painful, impermanent, open, imperfect—and then be grateful for impermanence and the freedom it grants us. Gary Snyder, The Etiquette of Freedom There is an … Continue reading →

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For Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930-2022)

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

It is rare that we would celebrate the work of a film actor, not however because we disparage their art, but for the intimacy between the cinematographic art and entertainment which renders this artist’s art suspect. This is perhaps unfair. … Continue reading →

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For Paula Rego (1935-2022)

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

It seems to me that what you are often drawn to are the half-hidden stories – the stories that we can, as we look at your work, continue to unriddle in our heads. Is it possible to paint a secret? … Continue reading →

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René Char: Poetry in/as resistance

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

… si nul n’est bon volontairement, nul n’est esclave du Bien. Emmanuel Levinas, Autrement qu’être ou au-delà de l’essence In old days men were absorbed in wars, filling all their existence with marches, raids, victories, but now all that is … Continue reading →

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Penny Rimbaud: The howl of life

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

Freedom is not an abstract noun to be tossed about in the semantic trash can by dusty academics looking for an intellectual fix. It is a birth; a verb. Like the air we breathe, freedom is free to us all, … Continue reading →

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Wilfred Owen: The pity of war

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

The son of Saturn saw them and took pity upon their sorrow. He wagged his head, and muttered to himself, saying, “Poor things, why did we give you to King Peleus who is a mortal, while you are yourselves ageless and immortal? Was … Continue reading →

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For Elza Soares (1930-2022)

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Julius Gavroche

Não tenho medo de nada. Temos que ensinar o medo a ter medo de nós./I am not afraid of anything. We have to teach fear to be afraid of us. Elza Soares For her courage and resistance, for her rebellious … Continue reading →

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The anarchy of a music: Niño de Elche

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

El Grito La elipse de un grito, va de monte a monte. Desde los olivos, será un arco iris negro sobre la noche azul. ¡Ay! Como un arco de viola, el grito ha hecho vibrar largas cuerdas del viento. ¡Ay! … Continue reading →

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The Paris Commune: Walt Whitman

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Julius Gavroche

To a Foil’d European Revolutionaire Courage yet, my brother or my sister!Keep on—Liberty is to be subserv’d whatever occurs;That is nothing that is quell’d by one or two failures, or any number of failures,Or by the indifference or ingratitude of … Continue reading →

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