John Burroughs,
a.k.a. Jesus Crisis, is a pacifist, poet, playwright, musician, composer, bibliophile, and seeker in Elyria, Ohio.
Co-founder (with Dianne Borsenik) of the monthly Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza and the annual winter wordfest known as Snoetry, John is also the
founding editor and publisher for Crisis Chronicles Press and a regular contributor to the Cleveland
Poetics and Ohio Poetry Association blogs. Since 2011 he has served as the OPA's webmaster pro tem.
John founded a loose association called Poets of Lorain County, under whose auspices he's hosted regular open mic and
featured poet events at the Avon Lake Public Library and the Lorain Arts Council's
737 Gallery, as well as the PoetryElyria series at Jim's Coffeehouse and Diner, the Scott M. Duncan
Photography studio and other venues in his hometown.
John's work has appeared on stages in four states, as well as in numerous journals, and he is the author of six poetry chapbooks, including:
12/3/2008 10:33 PMJohn Burroughs (Jesus Crisis) wrote:
Ironic that none of the You Tube videos embedded in my site or library are working at the moment... they're nothing but white boxes. I wonder if silence looks like a white box. Reply to this
12/3/2008 10:55 PM
Jesus Crisis wrote:
I was ignorant of Cage's existence in the early 1980s - and never really explored his thoughts and work until prison in the mid 1990's. Thank goodness for inter-library loan then and You Tube now.
12/4/2008 8:41 AM
Elena wrote:
What is the meaning of sound? I only see Cage's mouth moving on the video and cannot understand what he is saying because even with the volume up I just get an occasional word or two. Reply to this
12/4/2008 11:05 PM
Chris wrote:
They are working now.. but I'm too tired to do anything.. I'll be back tomorrow. Glad things are operational here at crisis blog kingdom again.
Ironic that none of the You Tube videos embedded in my site or library are working at the moment... they're nothing but white boxes. I wonder if silence looks like a white box.
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They seem to be working again.
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i saw john cage read from his writings down at oberlin college back in the early 1980s.
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I was ignorant of Cage's existence in the early 1980s - and never really explored his thoughts and work until prison in the mid 1990's. Thank goodness for inter-library loan then and You Tube now.
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What is the meaning of sound? I only see Cage's mouth moving on the video and cannot understand what he is saying because even with the volume up I just get an occasional word or two.
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Interesting....
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finally found time to listen to the video - cage looks serene and happy and his words are genius.
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They are working now.. but I'm too tired to do anything.. I'll be back tomorrow. Glad things are operational here at crisis blog kingdom again.
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as, usual John Cage is elegant
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