“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Dialogue” (above) by featured artist Fabrice Poussin. To see more of Fabrice’s fine photos, as well as our other featured artists, visit our Mad Gallery! ••• The …
Mad Swirl Open Mic : 02.07.18
by Johnny O on January 26, 2018 :: 0 comments
Join Mad Swirl & Swirve (with special guest Gregg Prickett) this 1st Wednesday of February (aka 02.07.18) at 8:00 SHARP as we continue to swirl up our mic madness at our mad mic-ness home, Dallas’ City Tavern! Come on out, one & all… share in the Mad Swirl’n festivities, & if the spirit is movin’ ya get yourself a spot …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 01.20.18
by Johnny O on January 20, 2018 :: 0 comments
“There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.” Federico Fellini ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “The Future” (above) by featured artist Fabrice Poussin. Mad Swirl welcomes back Fabrice Poussin with a few new photos we’re sure you’ll dig! Contrary to the more city-centered works Poussin previously offered us, these feature scenic scapes, intense …
Fabrice Poussin is Back in the Mad Gallery
by Madelyn Olson on January 18, 2018 :: 0 comments
The Future – Fabrice Poussin Mad Swirl welcomes back Fabrice Poussin with a few new photos we’re sure you’ll dig! Contrary to the more city-centered works Poussin previously offered us, these feature scenic scapes, intense and enthralling all at the same – except swirled in the way that only Fabrice seems to capture. But, of course, you can be the judge …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 01.13.18
by Johnny O on January 14, 2018 :: 0 comments“Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” Cecil Beaton ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “untitled – (a1)” (above) by featured artist R. Keith. To see more of R. Keith’s mixed-media madness, as well as our other featured …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 01.06.18
by Johnny O on January 7, 2018 :: 0 comments“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” Carl Sandburg ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “untitled – (a13)” (above) by featured artist R. Keith. To see more of R. Keith’s mixed-media madness, as well as our other featured artists, visit our Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week on Mad Swirl’s Poetry Forum… we toasted the …
Notes of Gratitude to the Mad Ones : 01.03.18
by Johnny O on January 4, 2018 :: 0 commentsPictured: MH Clay (co-host), Christopher Calle (poet) & Johnny O (host) (photo courtesy of Christopher Calle) To ALL ye yin & yang hangers, ye yang & yin winners, ye lookers for the new, ye bookers of the blue skies beyond the auld lang syne… ye transformers & reformers & resolved heart warmers came & shook the old & new together to …