At the top of the page is the cover photo for my upcoming CD "From Away". The photo was taken by area photographer Rob Destrube off Dallas Road here in Victoria. Actually, many were taken, but this one seemed the most appropriate for a first time CD. Frankly, I'm not crazy about the misty-eyed far away look and so we shot the photo straight on, with a background that reflects the maritime feel of the music. We're still in the recording studio, but with any luck I'll figure out how to feature a few of the songs on the blog shortly.
Cover photo for CD "From Away"
This pic was taken off Dallas Road in Victoria. No Fuss. No Muss. Just the sea and me.
About Me
- David Godkin
- As reviewers, we naturally present our biases as strengths. If we’re paying attention we’ll also recognize anything overdone or done in ignorance of the larger historical and aesthetic frame in which both poetry and criticism exist is likely to do disservice to both. Even then we're more likely to miss more than we catch, appreciate less those poems worthy of praise, while elevating others beyond their genuine deserts. My own biases in poetry lean towards compression, dense allusive imagery, dissociative leaps in meaning, lines rich in personality and driven by strong purpose or intentionality. Naturally, these represent a very small part of the broad range of tastes and expectations through which any book might be filtered. Uppermost must be our sympathies for the poet whose satisfactions when we get it right must almost inevitably be tempered by an even greater patience when we get it wrong.
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