Song of a Reformed Headhunter

Steep Tea A Traditional Autumn Kasen Renga Started: August 25, 2012 Finished: September 11, 2012 Written by Rachael Briggs and Jee Leong Koh sunset steeps the world in red red maple, apple, bee balm bloom we sip jewel tea the fire temple disappears a watery moon chili dip on a seaweed cracker thesis antithesis crunch oral defence  visiting mum in Syracuse   cherry blossoms soft artillery that liquefies in my hand ... or was it snow? recategorized from 4C to 442  swear unqualified allegiance to ...  (le) poisson rouge  Taka Kigawa  Die Kunst der Fuge  alien fauna of George Street a kangaroo with gears for ears you on the  exercise bike, come share  my yoga mat  can we be Lion and Thunderbolt, Hero and King Dancer? I'm in! Mount Fuji  the dance  before the dance  my skipping stone cavorts between dust and river bottom the moon  cools her feet  in a red basin...

Last Friday, after having dinner at Buvette (French and Italian tapas place in Greenwich Village), I watched the film Teddy Bear with WL, DM and BCH at Film Forum. Directed and co-written by Mads Matthiesen, the movie followed a shy bodybuilder's search for love. Dennis had to leave the house in the Copenhagen suburb that he shared with his possessive mother for Thailand where he found true love after a series of mistrials. The ensemble acting was terrific. Kim Kold was an endearing boy in a superman's body. Elsebeth Steentoft brought a frightening intensity to her role as the dominating mother. She was the emotional blackhole that nothing could fill. As true love Toi, Lamaiporn Hougaard was sweet but not saccharine. Her spirit rippled across her face when she was crossed. WL invited me to hear Taka Kigawa play "The Art of Fugue" last night at (le) Poisson Rouge. Kigawa sounded jerky at the beginning as if he was slightly nervous. The playing was somewhat detached...