5CT February 2017
And so we careen into February hoping for the best, prepared for the worst. As always, there is art and music and writing to help. Meet an artist from Venice, CA and do observe his magic with magazine clippings. Who to follow on Twitter in these days of sound and fury? Who should we read? A wicked smart Seattle artist tells the creative class what it needs to know. The courageous team at the Munich Post kept at it until the end. And because we all need music more than ever, a 5CT Winter Playlist. I love you, 5CT readers.
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Jay Kelly |Venice Beach, CA
5CT for December 2016
One hates to boast, but just this once. EPIC issue. Hope you enjoy as much as the 5CT team enjoyed putting it together. It’s that season, so hold your lovelies close. Especially in these perilous times. “I wish there was a treaty between your love and mine,” said Leonard Cohen, and what could anyone possibly add to that? Have a lovely, lovely season.
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Kait Dunton and the joy of the trio
This is Kait Dunton’s world and I’m smitten. I’ve listened to this song about 150 times. My second favorite tune of hers is Real and Imagined. To find out more pop on over here —>
5 Cool Things for Oct. 2016
Herewith, five great notions, quotes, thoughts, passages, and a poem, from poet-philosopher, and Puget Sound resident, David Whyte. What’s unusual is that this poet works in the corporate world. Whyte also seems to have helped inspire the formation of Dark Angels, the UK-based writing collective. (Of which I am a proud member.) I thought this was perfect. “And so the ability to ask beautiful questions, often in very unbeautiful moments, is one of the great disciplines of a human life. And a beautiful question starts to shape your identity as much by asking it as it does by having it answered.” (Thanks to Tim and Neil, friends and 5CT subscribers for the tip.)
5CT August 2016
To the lazy days of summer’s end, I welcome you. First, over to England for some great black and white photographs. A hot tip on a great little notebook. LARB—dish from Laos or book review website? Baa Baa Black Sheep by Wynton Marsalis is the perfect accompaniment to tour the work of a Portuguese goddess of abstract painting. “At night I would go to sleep dreaming of sea adventures.” – John Claridge

{The canal, 1966, John Claridge}