My eyebrows remain fixed in place.
He discovers there is more to this world than we can see, and the unseen is what we most need..
In times of confusion, he sees mysteries and glimpses of eternity.
In racial conflict, he sees opportunity for reconciliation.
Under the weight of angst, he encounters pathways to peace.
In the face of death, he finds hope.
In common workers, he finds transcendent human dignity.
In seemingly mundane moments, he finds tenderness and love and questions about God.
In the absurdities, he experiences indignation, but not despair.
As artist René Magritte stated: "If the dream is a translation of waking life, then waking life is also a translation of the dream." Writing with whimsy, New York gritty humor, upending irony, and backstabbing insight, poet Phil Ginsburg explores the spaces between the lines of life.
What is the almost? It is the artist\'s role to point that out, to show what is there but unseen.
We are in Pursuit of the almost. - Phil Ginsburg There is more to life than what we think we see.
It\'s not that I have seen it all, It\'s that all I\'ve seen is not enough.
The element of surprise is now missing.
My eyebrows remain fixed in place