CALL ME MAGGIE

aphorisms

  • Warp and woof

    Late June after the solstice is the time when I lose sight of writing and reading. Usually there is a burst of both just after school is out—that is how conditioned I am by the school year at the age… Continue reading

    Warp and woof

  • Cagey Anarchism

    More than two decades after Cage’s death, a small press called Siglio has published a definitive edition of his major long text. Starting in 1965, Cage developed a poetic form he titled a Diary and accurately described as “a mosaic… Continue reading

    Cagey Anarchism

  • A Boon of Dandelions 1

    48 Revolutions Round Sol… 4 X 12 cycles, from the Year of the Green Wood Dragon to the Year of the Black Water Dragon. Maybe this “mind,” maybe this “I” is but a phantom radical of some complicated fleshly life… Continue reading

  • Textifying to the Encompassing Good

    Five years ago, after someone claimed that texting was a complete waste of time, I challenged myself: Would it not be a wonderful exercise in perennial philosophy to come up with aphorisms in 160 characters or less? I began to… Continue reading