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Douglas Halpert's avatar

I find the imaginary relationship that you craft with Brian Wilson fascinating. Brian Wilson is one of the most talented, mysterious and complex musicians and personalities of our time. His stories is also one of the saddest.

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Plein Air Poetry's avatar

Thank you so much, Douglas!!! He is so fascinating and admirable!

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Abigail's avatar

I had to read it twice! I totally missed that Brian Wilson was imaginary on my first read. It works reading it both ways. 😍 The way you write just draws me in, like I'm listening to a friend. And the ending is lovely, going from the immediacy of a blender and insects to the expansiveness of wind "pushing clouds beneath the half moon."

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J. Katz's avatar

I really liked this, quite visceral but not unnecessarily gross. Grounded but expansive. Love in a very natural, yet mystical darkness.

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Heartfelt Boundaries's avatar

Wow! Drew me in. Love this! 💙

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Mark McCormick's avatar

Loved this--and Brad's palm painting too. Love this snippet: "our desire to participate,"

Great job integrating video into this post. The bait launcher is amazing!

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Malcolm Embers's avatar

The end of this is so good. The 'I love you both' merging with the entirety of the dream. This will help me remember to listen to all the undercurrents of mechanical blender sounds

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David Kirkby's avatar

Beautiful again, Alex and Brad.

For a minute I thought maybe your Dad and Brian Wilson were fishing buddies!

But I find the explanation just as interesting, and I do love the poem. I don't think I have ever put an imaginary presence into any of my poetry. It's an interesting idea.....

Best Wishes - Dave :)

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shr00mbtx's avatar

I just love this account so much, I'm not rly into poetry but yours are pretty much the only ones i read and I am trying to become better oil painter and Brad's paintings always inspire me. I love this mix of poetry and oil painting

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