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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Meow Wolf
The Santa Fe, New Mexico-based cutting edge arts group known as Meow Wolf has launched an exciting project in Denver, Colorado called the Covergence Station. Squeezed into a pizza slice-shaped space between urban highways, the colorful attraction is a series of immersive installations … Continue reading
the impossibility of being human
BEASTS BOUNDING THROUGH TIME Charles Bukowski Van Gogh writing his brother for paints Hemingway testing his shotgun Celine going broke as a doctor of medicine the impossibility of being human Villon expelled from Paris for being a thief Faulkner drunk … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged American Poets, Poetry, Vincent Van Gogh, William S. Burroughs
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The only lasting truth is change.
When she was nine years old, Octavia Butler saw a sci-fi film called “Devil Girl From Mars” and thought to herself: “I can write a better story than that.” She went on to become the first widely recognized Black female … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, movies, USA, Writing
Tagged Octavia Butler, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Summer Island
I haven’t paid much attention to the deluge of content that has been generated lately by AI machines, but something about the Summer Island project captured my attention. Summer Island is a comic, with all the artwork generated by Midjourney AI. To … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Film, Photography, Tech, Writing
Tagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, Comics, Illustration, MidJourney, Wicker Man
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Peripherals
The news that a streaming TV network has announced the upcoming release of a series based on a novel rarely rouses much interest here at Travel Between The Pages World HQ, however the drop of a teaser-trailer for The Peripheral, … Continue reading
When a bookaholic meets a bibliophile
I recently discovered this wonderful illustration titled Bookaholic and Bibliophile. Created by Ukrainian artists Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv, it features two charming, whimsical creatures embracing each other while maintaining engagement with their books. Cat-like and bird-like, one in high … Continue reading
In The Garden of Death
I’ve been a fan of the Symbolist painter Hugo Simberg (1873-1917) since I first saw his work in his native Finland decades ago. His best known work The Garden of Death (above) was created for the Tampere Cathedral along with a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Museums
Tagged Finland, Helsinki, Painting, Suomi, Symbolists
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Sleeping in the Forest
Sleeping in the Forest I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichens and seeds. I slept as never before, a stone on the riverbed, nothing between me … Continue reading
The Favorite Poem Project
I recently discovered a wonderful series of Youtube videos that were filmed for the Favorite Poem Project. The collection of 50 short video documentaries showcases individual Americans reading and speaking personally about poems they love. During the one-year open call for submissions, … Continue reading
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