MUS(E)ING

Well, it sucks to be a Muse, gleaned from a biography of Assia Wevill, LOVER OF UNREASON: ASSIA WEVILL, SYLVIA PLATH'S RIVAL AND TED HUGHES' DOOMED LOVE, written by Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev.

The problem with being a Muse and believing all that hype about the special-ness of Muses is that the Muses stand the risk of not knowing who his/her/hir self is, because said identity's been predicated on what others project onto them.

It was almost painful seeing a rare poem by Wevill in the book....since poetry is something she never developed for herself.

Frankly, the artist's Muse is quite accurately...the artist.

And here's latest list of Relished W(h)ines:

PUBLICATIONS:
WRITTEN ON ECSTASY FOR PHILIP LAMANTIA, limited edition Pickpocket Poem with two original paintings by Garrett Caples

ABOVE THE HUMAN NERVE DOMAIN, poems by Will Alexander

DERIVATIVE OF THE MOVING IMAGE, poems by Jennifer Bartlett

RIOT, poems by Lars Palm

TINY ARCTIC ICE, poem by kaia sand

HUMAN SCALE, poems by Michael Kelleher

PASSION, poems by Larry Kearney

INDIAN TRAINS, poems by Erika T. Wurth

A MAYAN ASTRONOMER IN HELL'S KITCHEN, poems by Martin Espada

CITY, poems by C.J. Martin

>2: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW COLLABORATIVE POETRY, Edited by Sheila E. Murphy & M.L. Weber

THE TRANSFORMATION, memoir by Juliana Spahr

THE MIDDLE ROOM, autobiography by Jennifer Moxley

LOVER OF UNREASON: ASSIA WEVILL, SYLVIA PLATH'S RIVAL AND TED HUGHES' DOOMED LOVE, biography by Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev

PLANT DREAMING DEEP, memoir by May Sarton

NEW KIDS IN TOWN: ORAL HISTORIES OF IMMIGRANT TEENS, interviews by Janet Bode

THINKING IN PICTURES AND OTHER REPORTS FROM MY LIFE WITH AUTISM, memoir by Temple Grandin

DOGS I HAVE MET AND THE PEOPLE THEY FOUND, memoir by Ken Foster

A MIDWIFE'S TALE: THE LIFE OF MARTHA BALLARD, BASED ON HER DIARY 1785-1812

MATERIAL WORLD: A GLOBAL FAMILY PORTRAIT, photographs by Peter Menzel & text by Charles C. Mann

ALFONSO OSSORIO: MASTERWORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ROBERT U. OSSORIO FOUNDATION, art monograph

LAWMAN, novel by Diana Palmer

VIOLET CLAY, novel by Gail Godwin

JENNY'S MOUNTAIN, novel by Elaine Long


WINES:
1995 Vincent Arroyo petite syrah NV
Henriot Rose champagne
1982 Branaire Ducru
1964 Monfortino
1996 Latour
2005 Burnwood cabernet (Henry's Bar Mitzavah wine!)
1990 Clerico Ginestra Barolo
1993 Ravenswood Wood Road zinfandel Russian River Valley
1997 Newton merlot NV
2005 Aubert Ritchie Vineyard chardonnay
1989 Pichon Longueville Baron
1999 Haut Brion
2003 Schloss Schonborn Beerenauslese
2002 Rockford shiraz "Basket Press"
2004 J.J. Crustoffel (sp) Urzinger Weingarten *** Auslese
2003 Dutch Henry chardonnay