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garybarwin.bsky.social
writing, multimedia, music, art, Hamilton ON Canada https://linktr.ee/garybarwin “There’s a wisecrack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
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Today's miniconcert, a super sad slow clarinet love story. youtu.be/693Hu9Z9MRw

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I've been making a series of miniperformances of sad music. Here's one on a low D whistle. youtu.be/ofs4_UlbpBA

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Mugshot of the Daffodils (for Steacy Easton)

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"I walk exactly as fast as the snow falls, each step like a breath in accumulated snow." [picture: window view]

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My annual Happy Valentine's Day picture of Freud & his Mom.

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May his memory be for a blessing and his body for the dogs. Or, may blessing be for a memory. An excerpt from my witch novel-in-progress about the not-surprising end of my witch's marriage. Check out the witchy visuals! youtu.be/1q5TnjZ1SEA

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“Amazing place this earth, the way it makes you/stay holding onto it with no hands.” -- Evan Nicholls, from Easy Tiger (forthcoming)

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"the little blue book that wanted to be read," an (unpublished) children's story about book banning, censorship, imagination and the power of books, (and libraries, reading and bookstores) which seems appropriate to the present moment. youtu.be/jx2BNTE3upI

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THE AMBITIOUS SKY, a video projection by GARY BARWIN On view Thursday, February 13th 5:30 – 9:30PM 26 James St N. Hamilton ON (corner of James St N and King William St) THE AMBITIOUS SKY is a projection featuring a poem that appears to be being typed as the viewer watches as birds fly through.

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In these horrifying times of news in the Middle East, here's a little experimental klezmer. soundcloud.com/himself-1/mi...

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Noelle Allen had the great idea to ask writers to share what work uplifts them in difficult times. I was very glad to get to write a little essay about two works that speak to the troubles, inspire and console along with others’ book suggestions. hamiltonreviewofbooks.com/blog/2025/02...?

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The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, Jolene

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So delighted to be part of this

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The Foot Comes Down, a short fiction from SCANDAL AT THE ALPHORN FACTORY, NEW & SELECTED SHORT FICTION, 2024-1984 (@pressassembly.bsky.social) youtu.be/qioUUURNlps

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a video and musical setting of "March of the Nucleotides" by Christian Bök in celebration of the publication (and success of the ambitious project it is based on) of his Xenotext Book 2 @coachhousebooks1.bsky.social (BTW the piano follows the caesurae in the text.) youtu.be/kZfo47E6kF4

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Sisyphus soundcloud.com/himself-1/ce...

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garybarwin.bandcamp.com/track/babies-2

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Semicolon (Magestic) #typewriter youtu.be/hzj7EMhmkZc

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Longhand singing (for typewriter) youtu.be/21TNIZZpC5c

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typewriter crying youtu.be/iL-Lk9KMB9U

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Just an over-enthusiastic X.

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DESKHORSE, somehow a lament youtu.be/hpcGdhLec-U

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Happy Birthday Eugen Gomringer

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Part of the overall project with these systems in addition to eliminating critical thinking, is to water down anything transformative or radical.

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In which I wrap my head in paper and play flute with ghosts. youtu.be/fZjKhaPApjI

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Very happy to have this suite of 8 poems/visuals in the Tupelo Quarterly www.tupeloquarterly.com/collaborativ...

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A short excerpt from my work-in-progress, a novel about witches, blood libel and Medieval anti-semitism. youtu.be/mMBqqB7ERWI

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a prose poem about deer, the international space station and gloves. youtu.be/INGT4eA2zs8

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SUITCASE "Pack night carefully away for future use..." youtu.be/JmuTqmBntJY

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