My journey from Atlanta to Houston was long. I had a short window to get to the
@menilcollection to see Basquiat’s A Next Loin And/Or, 1982 before I catch a flight out to LA. The good news is that I arrived on time to get to the museum. The bad news is the Basquiat painting has been put into storage. Here is the surprise, the museum attendant recommends that I go see the
@rothko_chapell down the street after I check out the whole museum. So on his advice I check out the museum in about 45 minutes. Excellent curation, I have to admit but after that I walked over to the gift store across the street to see if there were Basquiat books I did not have, then I walked down to the
@rothko_chapell and all I can say is wow to the power of three wow to the power of three. I have no personal pictures to show you because you’re not allowed photography once inside the
@menilcollection or the
@rothko_chapell but what I can tell you i spent an hour in deep thought and meditation. Somehow stumbling on this sacred space seems connected to seeing the #cadmium painting
@highmuseumofart In my own wisdom I would not have made the effort to be in the
@rothko_chapell Before I left I picked up the bible and it open on King’s And what strikes me in the three artist I have encountered Warhol, Basquiat and Rohko is how spiritual they were.
Here is a quotes that from the bible in King’s that my eyes fell on.
Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses. - 1 Kings 8
Then I had to jump on a flight to LA. More about that tomorrow.
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![#TheSealeyChallenge 2025The Sealey Challenge is a poetry‑reading community effort founded in 2017 by poet Nicole Sealey @nicole.sealey with the aim of reading 31 poetry books or pamphlets during the month of August — one book per day.It’s a spirited, inclusive way to spend August immersed in poetry, reflection, and discovery — and this year was no different. Here’s what I read:Thank you, Nicole, for creating something so joyful, generous, and sustaining for the poetry community. My 31 Picks:1. O — Judith Kiros2. Ignatz — Monica Youn3. Best Barbarian — Roger Reeves4. Last On His Feet — Youssef Daoudi & Adrian Matejka5. Information Desk: An Epic — Robyn Schiff6. One With Others — C. D. Wright7. Hawk — Vivian Ayers8. The Great Zoo — Nicolás Guillén (tr. Aaron Coleman)9. Ghost Of — Diana Khoi Nguyen10. The Wild Great Wall — Zhu Zhu11. [...] — Fady Joudah12. Fierce Elegy — Peter Gizzi13. Oculus — Sally Wen Mao14. Passion — June Jordan15. Coal — Audre Lorde16. What the Earth Seemed to Say — Marie Howe17. The Arkansas Testament — Derek Walcott18. Self-Portrait as Othello — Jason Allen-Paisant19. Goodlord: An Email — Ella Frears20. Chaotic Good — Isabelle Baafi21. Precious & Impossible — Anthony Joseph22. Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space — Catherine Barnett23. Ownself Say Ownself — Joshua Ip24. This Is Not a Small Voice — Sonia Sanchez25. Time is a Mother — Ocean Vuong26. A Month in Siena — Hisham Matar27. Foretokens — Sarah Howe28. The Wickedest — Caleb Femi29. Southernmost: Sonnets — Leo Boix30. The Lives of Z — Olivia McCannon31. The Shield of Achilles — W. H. AudenFeeling full of poems, voices, and perspectives.
Thank you to every poet on this list. Already looking forward to next August. #SealeyChallenge #PoetryChallenge #PoetsOfInstagram #ReadMorePoetry #ContemporaryPoetry #31Books31Days #NicoleSealey #TheSealeyChallenge2025](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6721133735264568153460_0_a0b0d02ad04eaa2a756fc093fda6f980.jpg?o=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&h=94ef2747a843e29506f4fe361870e4aa)
