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"Things aren't other than they are." - Wang An-shihThanks to D.W. Burnam for recommending the poetry of Wang An-shih!This podcast is dedicated to D.W., Dawn and Graham.LINKS:Buy "Classical Chinese Poetry, An Anthology" Translated and Edited by David Hinton here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374531904Win the 2020 Headstone Drawing here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/2020-Headstone-Drawing-by-Robyn-ONeil-graphite-on-paper/393046098054?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225074%26meid%3D3091af50368f4924b625d384da4a4a88%26pid%3D100290%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D393046098054%26itm%3D393046098054%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2060778&_trksid=p2060778.c100290.m3507More on The Trevor Project here: https://www.thetrevorproject.orgVisit my shop here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

"The world begins at a kitchen table." - Joy Harjo"My name has something to do with a severed hand." - Me*This podcast is dedicated to Diego Franek LINKS:Buy The Woman Who Fell from the Sky by Joy Harjo here: https://wwnorton.com/books/The-Woman-Who-Fell-from-the-SkyShop my site here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopWatch the American Girl Movie here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US37aUmzELUWatch my PBS Art Assignment here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwOXumLJgGgSign up for Daily Poems at The Poetry Foundation here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/newsletterMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

"The lives of the heart...thrash in the net until hit." - Jane Hirshfield "I like sudoku now." - Me LINKS:Buy "The Lives of the Heart" by Jane Hirshfield here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-lives-of-the-heart-jane-hirshfield?variant=32116697923618THE ROBYN O'NEIL SHOP: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

Anxiety is a kind of masterpiece of insight???? I'll take it! LINKS:Buy The School of Life Dictionary here: https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/us/tsol-dictionary/THE ROBYN O'NEIL SHOP: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

My shop is open! Yay! Can I sleep now? Please? ME READING STUFF stickers are available. Even holographic ones! And a new book by me. And modeliers. And bags. And tapestries. And ceramics. Yay again! "Life is a dream that is never recalled when the sleeper awakes" - Mark Strand"The book is a book." - Robyn O'Neil LINKS:THE ROBYN O'NEIL SHOP: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopBuy Mark Strand's Collected Poems: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/236122/collected-poems-by-mark-strand/Cyndi Long Studios: https://www.cyndilongstudios.com/indexThe Modern Shop: https://shop.themodern.org/search?q=robyn+Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” Truman Capote "I haven't taken a shower in three days." - MeLINKS:Buy this book (and any others that strike your interest!) here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/23728/in-cold-blood-by-truman-capote/Check out my shop here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopBuy your own soft soft soft animal here: https://www.jellycat.com/us/softtoys/Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

TOTAL THINGS KNOWN ABOUT GERYON:He loved lightning He lived on an island His mother was a Nymph of a river that ran to the sea His father was a gold Cutting took Old scholia say that Stesichoros says that Geryon had six hands and six feet and wings He was red and His strange red cattle excited envy Herakles came and Killed him for his cattleThe dog too-Anne Carson, Autobiography of RedLINKS:Buy this book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/24642/autobiography-of-red-by-anne-carson/Visit my shop here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopSee my solo exhibition here: https://inmangallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/9-robyn-o-neil-in-pieces-on-fire/Search ME READING STUFF for more Anne Carson here: https://mereadingstuff.podomatic.com

"I'm mayonnaise." - Florine Stettheimer "I am vinegar." -MeLINKS:Buy Florine Stettheimer's Crystal Flowers here: https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/florine-stettheimer/crystal-flowers-by-florine-stettheimer-edited-by-irene-gammel-and-suzanne-zelazo/Buy my 2020 Headstone card and/or ME READING STUFF merch here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shopMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

The entire time I recorded this, I couldn't stop thinking about Chinese chicken salad from Chin Chin. LINKS:Buy this book here: http://www.phonememedia.org/artists#/worm-eaten-timeBuy my 2020 Headstone Cards here: https://www.robynoneil.com/shop-liveCheck out my new show in Houston here: https://inmangallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/9-robyn-o-neil-in-pieces-on-fire/Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

"At home anywhere, wander alone like a rhinoceros.”-Eliot Weinberger"People think that all cameramen do is point the camera at things, but it's a heck of a lot more complicated than that." -Chris Elliott"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons." - T.S. Eliot "You never said a word to me about what passed between us." - Elliott Smith"I was a tap dancer as a child, so I understand precision and repetition." - Elliott Gould LINKS:Buy Angels & Saints here: https://bookshop.org/books/angels-saints/9780811229869Sign up for the Zoom interview this Saturday here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9316020831114/WN_J55wMgH5RC2DOJR6aULqNwCheck out my new show in Houston here: https://inmangallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/9-robyn-o-neil-in-pieces-on-fire/Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

"I've had my share of dirty underwear on the floor." - Martha Stewart "If you like olives, eat an olive." - MeLINKSBuy The School of Life Dictionary here: https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/tsol-dictionary/Join my Zoom Artist Talk! Sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5216014057869/WN_9CGGzvD3QDyEHqzPOlGQuQBuy a ME READING STUFF t-shirt here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/1948499/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sCheck out the good old Shambhala episode here: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mereadingstuff/episodes/2016-02-04T09_41_16-08_00

"...we have a tragic proclivity for knowing what to do but not acting upon our own best principles." -The School of Life Dictionary's definition of "akrasia""The idea of keeping my email program open any longer than ten minutes a day makes me want to actually die." - Me LINKS:Buy The School of Life Dictionary here: https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/tsol-dictionary/Check out my new exhibition here: https://inmangallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/9-robyn-o-neil-in-pieces-on-fire/Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en Handwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

I love mammals; I don’t love insects, but I do love The Silence of the Lambs. LINKS:Buy Mostafa Nissabouri’s book here: https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780986083686/for-an-ineffable-metrics-of-the-desert.aspxCheck out my new exhibition here: https://inmangallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/9-robyn-o-neil-in-pieces-on-fire/Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

No hot pink roses, lots of potatoes. One star reviews, reading mean people. I'm always tired. LINKS:Buy Like a New Sun: New Indigenous Mexican Poetry here: http://www.phonememedia.org/artists#/like-a-new-sunCheck out the viewing room for my new exhibition at Inman Gallery here: https://inmangallery.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/9-robyn-o-neil-in-pieces-on-fire/Buy a ME READING STUFF shirt here: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/1948499/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-sBuy Eliot Wienberger's new book here: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/angels-and-saints/#/Me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil

"She said, I wish I prayed, I would pray for you."LINKS:Read this poem and find out more about Dawn here: https://poets.org/poem/perspective-supposed-yield-clarityBuy Dawn's book "Good Stock Strange Blood" here: https://coffeehousepress.org/products/good-stock-strange-bloodCheck out my Cloudmakers Viewing Room! https://linktr.ee/susaninglettgalleryGet your rainy-day-cafe on here: https://www.youtube.com/c/CalmedByNatureMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

Are you even prepared for my 5-star island? Are you even prepared for the fact that I turned the phrase into "it's like smoothing teeth"? Are you even ready to see Commander Mark's outfit? Does my recipe disgust you?LINKS:Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enHandwritten Notes: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

Tonight I take a break from doing my night moves to read you three poems from my very very very favorite book of poetry. Kenneth Koch mined some of the most interesting/unsettling poems ever written. All from elementary students at P.S. 61 in Manhattan. I read you "A Colorful Dream" by Thomas Rogaski (3rd grade), "That's Odd" by Joel London, (5th grade), and "My Only Lover Boy" by Concepcion Dipini (4th grade). Here are some links:Buy this book here: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780060955090/wishes-lies-and-dreams/Register to watch/listen to my conversation on Zoom with Inman Gallery here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sCn0FU1ZR1igSFVZJ8LfRQVisit NADA's FAIR: https://www.thisisfair.orgWestern Exhibitions in Chicago: http://westernexhibitions.comInman Gallery in Houston: https://inmangallery.com/index.htmlYoga with Adriene: https://yogawithadriene.com/free-yoga-videos/Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enand my handwritten no

Who knows whose skeleton is inside our hand's flesh, driving for us. And who knows what's between my fingers. All I know is I finally talked. I love you guys.LINKS:Buy Mary Karr's Viper Rum here: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/viper-rum_mary-karr/634211/item/31631922/#isbn=081121382X&idiq=31631922Check out Yoga with Adriene's 30-day challenge here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLui6Eyny-UzzFFfpiil94CUrWKVMaqmkmMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enand my handwritten notes project: https://www.instagram.com/handwrittennotesontv/

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"back from a series of hospitals back from a mugging / after funerals we are saying thank you / after the news of the deadwhether or not we knew them / we are saying thank you" - W. S. Merwin LINKS: More on Damien here: http://damienjurado.comAND LISTEN TO THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1d1eobg9QYW.S. Merwin - Thanks: More on Damien here: http://damienjurado.comMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=enMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeilMe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/?hl=en