An update on yearly doings, for those who have noticed a significant absence of me-ity in classrooms across Berklee, netherworldly nonsense salons, and tippling stations throughout Camberville. I’ve been on Leave this year, working on a new edition of Alan Watts’ book Nonsense (1967) with glabrous Watts scholar Peter Columbus, with support from Mark Watts and Jeff Berner (original publisher, OULIPO poet, and nonsensical soul). In addition, I’ve done artist residencies on Cape Cod (Truro Center for the Arts), in Skagaströnd, Iceland (NES Artist Residency), and on the tiny uninhabited island (except for scroobious snakes) of Källskär, in the Åland Islands (Åland Arts Council Residency). I’ve written poems and stories, created soundscapes, performed didgeridoo with organ in an Icelandic church, and created an original performance poem (with throat singing), which can now be seen HERE. I also breezed through Malta, at the Child and the Book conference, where my talk on BreakBeat poetry for children (written with Joseph Thomas) was AI-translated into nonsensical subtitles. I’ll be back in the classroom in January, maskless and ready to rumble.
