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36 Views of San Francisco – Artist’s Statement 36 Views of San Francisco takes its name from Katsushika Hokusai’s 1830s series of woodblock prints, 36 Views of Mt. Fuji. Instead of the relative geologic stability of the...

36 Views of SF: 1. Prelude – Lovesick August 18, 2017 Lovesick for an America that does not exist An America just beyond my fingertips Wandering this nation trying to resist The heartbreak Of seeing...

36 Views of SF: 2. Beginning Poems June 5, 2018 Zen Death Poem, age 51 Old chrysanthemum Petals wilt, still looks alright. Good for making tea. Which shoguns ruled when Basho wrote? Kings, Queens, Rulers,...

36 Views of SF: 3. Mission Shoe Repair June 13, 2018 So much depends On new laces for my kicks 2 bucks at Mission Shoe Repair. Lady behind the counter been there six years; Store...

36 Views of SF: 4. Typical Old Guy June 13, 2018 Typical old guy gets mad when his newspaper doesn’t show curses at the Recology truck when it spills its flow. All he knows is...

36 Views of SF: 5. America strikes a pose June 19, 2018 Our screenface Buddha’s are little TED talks: How to stand – Make your bed every day – How to dry your hands. No...

36 Views of SF: 6. Food Hall, Valencia and 16th June 19, 2018 Ti Couz transformed into corner store for splendors. Incarcerated honey almonds catch my eye from their hamper. Pomegranate pistachios beside them, “classic”...

36 Views of SF: 7. Haight Street Buzz June 20, 2018 Is the Haight in some special know? Or is it just Frisco’s tourist curio? Is eccentric and strange the San Francisco flow? Every way...

36 Views of SF: 8. San Francisco, taken to the cleaners June 20, 2018 Shopping center under new management rent doubled on the store next door. I’m just a little piece of nothing in this...

36 Views of SF: 9. Specialist or Generalist? June 20, 2018 Are you a caring specialist or a care generalist? Do you care more and more about less and less til you care everything about...