GRIZZLY PEAR

written snapshots

Category: Artifacts

  • The boy would do well in Ronchamp; his lunch lasted three hours.


    veggies in the bowl
    gnaw gnaw gnaw
    chewing greens

    laps around the room
    gnaw gnaw gnaw
    chilling on the couch

    snow angels on tile
    gnaw gnaw gnaw
    sweeping the floor

    ䷴䷷

    three years barren
    beyond favor
    wild geese landing
    favor return    s

  • A sapphire vessel plied the turquoise skies, bisecting an enormous gossamer bird of paradise.

    scorching desert sun
    high noon — 9 AM

    Super Pawn
    NOW OPEN!

    fronting
    Extra Space Storage

    paucity and excess
    Warm Springs west

    ䷶䷬

    starlight
    day bright
    folded arm
    alright


  • “I only like to speak English now.”

    he found an apple on the dining table.
    Daddy, you picked a big apple!

    妈妈! 爸爸 picked 了一个很大的苹果!
    (Mama! Daddy picked a big apple!)

    (Actually, Mama picked it)

    ~

    妈妈! 我要跟一个人玩. 但是不是你和爸爸!
    (Mama! I want to play with one person. But not you or Daddy!)

    你要跟姐姐玩,就好好问她.
    (If you want to play with your sister, just ask her nicely.)

    ~

    弟弟,给爸爸抱抱!
    (Come hug Daddy!)

    NEVER!
    big grin.

    ䷺䷅

    disperse
    foam
    coalesce
    foam

  • Search for the monster who fears the moon.

    they turn off the lights
    tell me to jump out with claws

    RAWR!

    they emerge from their fort
    clang sticks against metal lids

    RAWR!

    they scream, giggle, race back to safety
    sneak out with a flashlight

    RAWR!

    they tell me that I’m scared of the light
    I shrink away in fear

    rawr?

    the moon monster
    waits in a dark bathroom

    ䷫䷱

    wrap a melon
    willow leaves
    lunar mana

  • 弟弟 x 三

    Outline
    Outline + Hatch + Pixlr Distortion
    Hatch

  • Kinky kangaroos kneaded kaleidoscopic kraken at Kevin’s knockin’ Kitty Klub.

    An outline handsketch of a hand shaping the ASL American manual letter “K”, in red ink on a yellow spiral bound steno notebook.

    My sister and I toyed with this PortaSound PSS-460 as kids.
    The kids now dance to the drum kit (max volume!)

    In between, it sat in our empty house;
    While we stayed with parents when he was born.

    A squatter took over one Thanksgiving —
    A young blond woman with a ponytail.

    She quietly left with her black backpack.
    I found the keyboard on a dresser, plugged in.

    I occasionally wonder about her,
    Plinking tunes on this toy Yamaha over a cold, dark holiday.

    ~

    This memory of everyday magic was sparked by a beautiful poem and rendition by Nadia Gerassimenko.

  • Wreck-It Ralph, Rich Moore, 2012 & Ralph Breaks the Internet, Johnston & Moore, 2018

    She spent half an hour going through the Disney catalog.
    She was intrigued by the princesses in the sequel.

    We started with this one.
    We watched it a few years ago but forgot the story.

    The bugs are scary.
    The 8-bit breaks up the monotony of CGI.

    A thrill a minute.
    A simple fable with the usual Disney lessons.

    Why isn’t it better known?
    Why isn’t it lauded as a modern classic?

    Great fun for the kids,
    Great love letter to the parents’ childhoods.

    Is it the lack of princesses?
    Is it missing a surreal song and dance routine?

    Ralph Breaks the Internet:

    The internet is a big place, so it makes sense that the movie felt less focused than the first one.

    Still, it was a fun time with the kids.

    The cameos of the Disney Princesses were great, but they also need that little extra to keep interest in the story.

    The boy is always taciturn at the end of a movie, but this time he announced
    “姐姐 (Sister) I hate the gigantic Wreck-it-Ralph!”

    Most importantly, I’m happy to report they had a song and dance routine this time.

    Plus the Eeyore cameo might convince the kids to watch Winnie the Pooh!

  • It’s hard to admit you’re wrong; harder to say why.

    He jumped on her chair,
    Pushed her off.

    She offered to share
    He punched her.

    I demanded he apologize.
    He grinned, shook his head.

    姐姐自己念书.
    (Sister can read her own book then.)

    Ten minutes later,
    He wants her to play.

    你先道歉!
    (You first apologize!)

    He cried on the floor,
    As Mama cooked french toast.

    Grabbed paper and
    Purple crayon.

    sor
    ry


    Shoved the sheet
    In her face.

    Play!
    Now!

    你做错了什么?
    (What did you do wrong?)

    Another tantrum.


    ䷕䷹

    peach
    toy
    zappy

  • The pestilence was past, but the edicts maintained that all denizens decontaminate each time they returned from the lands beyond the walls.


    At breakfast, he asked
    (Did you take a)
    “Shower?”

    He asked Mama
    晚上吗?
    “Night?”

    Oh!
    He doesn’t know
    Grey mornings.

    Still groggy,
    He was eating
    Dinner.

    ䷘䷢

    no disease
    delusion
    no medicine
    joy

  • Jaunty jackalopes jumped and jitterbugged between jacarandas in June under Jupiter’s jovial judgement.

    An outline handsketch of a hand shaping the ASL American manual letter “J”, in red ink on a yellow spiral bound steno notebook.

    The kids were intrigued by the lychee shells that mama peeled for an after dinner snack. We filled up a bowl to float little pink boats. A miniature ocean for little folks.