“Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world we live in.” Jane Rule ••• The Mad Gallery ••• Flight – Alan Murphy To see all of Alan’s calmly chaotic collages, as well as our other former featured artists (48 in all!), visit Mad Swirl’s Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week …
Mad Swirl Open Mic : 04.01.20
by Mad Swirl on March 24, 2020 :: 0 comments
So here we are, living in some of the strangest days in recent memory. Stuck at home & really feeling the need to connect? Yeah, me too. But you know what? Ain’t no CV19 gonna stop this Mad show from Swirlin’! Sadly we are all stuck at home & can’t meet at our NEW home, Tradewinds Social Club, this 1st …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 03.21.20
by Mad Swirl on March 22, 2020 :: 0 comments
“Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” Agnes Martin ••• The Mad Gallery ••• Global Executive – Alan Murphy To see all of Alan’s calmly chaotic collages, as well as our other former featured artists (48 in all!), visit Mad Swirl’s Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week in Mad Swirl’s Poetry Forum… we stood out …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 03.14.20
by Mad Swirl on March 15, 2020 :: 0 comments
(Mad Swirl isn’t going to draft up some vague message… like every other organization out there blah-blah-blah’n about how we are handling this pandemic. Stuff’s pretty f@cked-up! But y’all already know that. Days like these that we are livin’ in is when poetry, prose & art can be a much needed distraction! So we Mad ones promise to keep calm(ish) …
Another Mad Review: Jumpers from the Belfry Tower
by Mike Fiorito on March 8, 2020 :: 0 comments
Jumpers from the Belfry Tower by Ryan Quinn Flanagan Pski’s Porch (December 19, 2019) Available at Amazon Delighted to have just read Ryan Quinn Flanagan’s (RQF’s) Jumpers from the Belfry Tower. And having previously reviewed RQF’s Return to Vegas Poems for Mad Swirl, I feel like I’m becoming a scholar of RQF’s work. Watch out RQF, next I’m writing your …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 03.07.20
by Mad Swirl on March 8, 2020 :: 0 comments
“Art is the path to being spiritual.” Piet Mondrian ••• The Mad Gallery ••• Stirred – Alan Murphy Mad Swirl welcomes the wonderfully mad collages of Ireland-based artist and writer Alan Murphy. Alan’s work manages to be both simplistic and light-hearted and yet layered, complicated & intense all at once. It is hard to say with words what most of …
Note of Gratitude to the Mad Ones : 03.04.20
by Mad Swirl on March 5, 2020 :: 0 comments
This past 1st Wednesday of March (aka 03.04.20) Mad Swirl whirled up our open mic madness! Once again we did our thang at the historic Top Ten Records! HUGE GRATS to Lily Taylor at TTR for welcoming us Mad ones these past few months. Our time there has been mighty fine and we wouldn’t “trade” it for anything. But those mad …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 02.29.20
by Mad Swirl on March 1, 2020 :: 0 comments
“One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.” Balthus ••• The Mad Gallery ••• ”Defiance” ~ Nawwar Morelli With this one, we close out Nawwar’s feature set. And what a feature his work has been! But don’t fret, we will hopefully being seeing more mad works from Nawwar soon! Until then, stay tuned for …