August 2012

Capturing Beauty Chapter Two “Wo – Bluebird!” Jon Presco Copyright 1998 “Woe Bluebird!” Mr. Arnold said to his 1955 powder-blue Chevrolet station wagon, then stomped the brakes while traversing the most dangerous road in the world, the Emeryville turn-off from the MacArthur freeway. Instinctively my head shot back so I could see the semi plowing…

As I predicted in my blog, Clint Eastwood is employed as the Great White Hope in order to give folks the idea only White People should be in power. Months ago I posted on the Eastwoods of Oakland and how my daughter and her fake Nascar Bubba celebrate Fake Coboyism with beer guzzling barroom bravado…

Bill Cornwell and his Texas Pops can’t be very happy about this ruling. Jon Federal court rejects new Texas voter photo ID law By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press – 20 minutes ago AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A tough Texas law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls discriminates against low-income blacks and Hispanics,…

Capturing Beauty by Jon Gregory Presco Copyright 1998 The Art of The Trespass Last night I dreamed I worked on the painting of a great artist who befriended me – without his permission. He could not get his summer grass right, so, I picked up his brush (while he slept) and gave him a clue…

Capturing Beauty – Epilogue by Jon Presco Copyright 1998 How did my sister find me here, here in the arms and in the bed of my best friend’s lover while not but ten feet away is his newborn baby he will never know for my childhood friend is dead, his blue eyed boy born six…

Lady Anne Clifford is kin to Rosamond Clifford. These are two of my favorite characters in history. Lady Clifford was a patron of the arts and literature and held a salon. Her tutor was Samuel Daniel who authored ‘The Complaint of Rosamond’. Lady Anne took part in Masques that influenced Shakespeare. There are over a…

The peculiarities of this impression (probably the earliest) of Daniel’s most popular poem were, we believe, first pointed out in the ” Bibliographical and Critical Account of Rare Books,” 8vo, 1865, I. 170. The “Rosamond” in this form exists only in a single copy appended to the same author’s ” Delia,” 1592 ; but as…

A month ago I spoke to my niece, Drew Benton, on the phone. It was the first conversation we had. We talked about art. When we hung up, I saw a white butterfly flirting with the flowers on my patio. I felt the essence of Drew, and her mother. I sent Drew a necklas of…

Romeny and his evangelical handlers are using poor people on welfare to go after our President. This is the “parasite” angle that works well for them amongst white voters. This is the tactic Bill Cornwell used to destroy my family. There should be four males with the surname Presco, my nephew Cean, his two sons,…

“Therefore, every art form and a beautiful repertoire of ritual will outfit the Rose of the World with colorful and glittering habiliments. And for that same reason, it would be most natural for a person who possesses three of the greatest gifts—religious vision, sanctity, and artistic genius—to stand at the head of the Rose of…