Wanda Waterman is a poet, spoken word artist, blogger, cultural journalist, and digital nomad. She’s been writing regularly for The Voice Magazine since 2004, not long after she began studying psychology at Athabasca. Her poetry has been published in Descant, The Talking Leaves, Chizine, Our Times, The Best of Tigertail, and Pottersfield Portfolio and her articles in Design is Political, Rawckus Magazine, Coastal Life, The New Internationalist, This Magazine, and in her blog, The Mindful Bard. She grew up in Nova Scotia, but after having lived in New Hampshire and North Africa she’s now settled in Montreal.
Album: I Am In Need of Music Artist: Suzie LeBlanc I am in need of music that would flow Over my fretful, feeling fingertips, Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips, With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow. Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low, Of some song sung to rest the tired dead, A song to… Read more »
We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say. Zeno of Citium, as quoted by Diogenes Laërtius True, the Mindful Bard is normally about books, music, and film, but once in a while we’re compelled to branch out into other formats, especially in the digital age when websites, film… Read more »
“Comme aux pires moments de la colonization. Mais cette fois, la colonization est interne.” ~Soufiane Ben Farhat, La Presse de Tunisie, 24 October 2013 “By time, indeed, mankind is in loss, except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.” [Quran, Surat… Read more »
Film: Frankenweenie Director: Tim Burton Cast: Charlie Tahan, Frank Welker, Winona Ryder, Catherine O?Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Robert Capron, Atticus Shaffer The Very Mortal Deadlock Between Love and Power ?MR. RZYKRUSKI: Your country needs more scientists. They should make more. You should be a scientist. VICTOR: Nobody likes scientists. MR. RZYKRUSKI: They like what… Read more »
Originally published on June 28 in issue no. 24. It made me laugh.
Extrait du poème : « L?amour du poète » : Amis, que savez-vous de l?amour du poète Qui dans sa chaumière se réjouit de se fleur ? Par des phrases soyeuses, il incruste son pleur Que venus resplendit au clair d?une comète Kamal Benkirane a commencé sa carrière littéraire dans sa ville natale, Casablanca, au… Read more »
Whether you celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday or as a cultural tradition, It’s a great time for moral inventory. This is reflected, if not in the marketplace, then in nearly all films produced for the annual. As usual, the moral inventory motivator prize goes to the National Film Board of Canada, whose ethical exhortations… Read more »
Album:Inside Llewyn Davis (soundtrack to the film) Producers:Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, & T-Bone Burnett Songs won’t save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Pete Seeger By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway. Dave van Ronk The fact that the soundtrack for this film was made… Read more »
