Thursday, April 21, 2011

Tarot Pt. 3


The Fool settles beneath a tree, intent on finding his spiritual self. There he stays for nine days, without eating, barely moving. People pass by him, animals, clouds, the wind, the rain, the stars, sun and moon. On the ninth day, with no conscious thought of why, he climbs the tree and dangles from a branch upside down like a child. For a moment, he surrenders all that he is, wants, knows or cares about. Coins fall from his pockets and as he gazes down on them - seeing them not as money but only as round bits of metal.

It seems to him that his perspective of the world has completely changed, as if his inverted position has allowed him to dangle between the mundane world and the spiritual world, able to see both. It is a dazzling moment, dreamlike yet crystal clear.

Timeless as this moment of clarity seems, he realizes that it will not last. Very soon, he must right himself, but when he does, things will be different. He will have to act on what he’s learned. For now, however, he just hangs, weightless as if underwater, observing, absorbing, seeing.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Move

For the time being, I am moving to tumblr

FACEMOUTHEAR

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Anti-Reciprocal

There are those who do, and then those who judge them.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Triforce


Found somewhere.
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Friday, April 8, 2011

Elsewhere

I am releasing a book in the next few weeks titled Elsewhere, and also titled Home from Nowhere. In the pages beneath the cover lay poems, short stories, short writing, drawings, doodles, and photos from myself, Tyler Wall, Logan Harbison, Justin Black, and Phillip Harper. The inner pages will be printed at a local printing shop, which will then be glued into a handmade hardback cover by myself. Only 30 copies will be printed. If you would like to pre-order a copy, it is $12, and $15 after print. Thanks.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Friday, April 1, 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Things

I am interested in the viewers of my blog, mostly the ones whom I do not know personally. If you could be so kind, leave a comment on this (anyone can leave an anonymous note) giving a brief explanation on either what you enjoy (or don't) about FaceMouthEar, and if you aren't local to Richmond, Virginia, where you are from, and how you found it. I would thoroughly appreciate the contribution, and hope to improve on content relating towards customary viewer preference. Or, to keep on keepin' on.

Also, if you have any questions for me, leave those as well. If you are interested in seeing or even buying some of my art workings, or if you are interesting in having commissioned work, please let me know via anon comment or email (itsparkblack@yahoo.com).

Ps. Thinking of making this blog a .com, but remaining under Blogspot extension, essentially just eliminating the ".blogspot" from the url, or even making a facemouthear.com official website unto itself. Thoughts? Website-engineering help?

Thanks for visiting, reader.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Serpent's Own

An excerpt from Elsewhere

...And again the repulsive serpent came henceforth, but to only swim in a tongue of yours and of the nether: a “celestial” disgust. Yielding great depth in feverish foam, his muddy mutter took a harsh control of I, the flesh: the numbers of six and fifty; but remember you reader, that the serpent was only so—of the lesser gem. The sickness became nonsense and my body too surreal. Even now as I write such diction, my fingers bleed from lesions of the serpent’s strike and crowd my hand of wretchedness—calamity swollen in disguise. Covet thee! and treat me as an equal serpent, for you are death itself.