Field Notes: Haibun by Michele Root-Bernstein

Field Notes: Haibun by Michele Root-Bernstein

Art: “Heavy Rain” by Joe Papagoda FIELD NOTES Winter morning. The living room. My daughter, home for a couple of weeks. Me, full of unspoken questions about her life elsewhere. Suddenly, we hear something slam into the picture window. My daughter rushes...
Turner in His Studio: Haibun by Michele Root-Bernstein

Turner in His Studio: Haibun by Michele Root-Bernstein

Art: “The Blue Rigi, Sunrise 1842” by J. M. W. Turner TURNER IN HIS STUDIO   Imagine his effort to be present, the years he spent training hand and eye to the qualia. How many times and with what determination did he tear himself from warm beds, grab...