“If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.” Charlie Parker ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “What Makes Light Smile” – Bill Wolak See all of Bill’s wild and hallucinated canvases, as well as our other former featured artists (50 in total) at Mad Swirl’s Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week in Mad Swirl’s Poetry …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.22.20
by Johnny O on August 23, 2020 :: 0 comments
“The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take…” Henri Cartier-Bresson ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Fear That Makes You Careless” – Bill Wolak See all of Bill’s wild and hallucinated canvases, as well as our other former featured artists (50 in total) at Mad Swirl’s Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week in …
Mad Swirl Open Mic : 09.02.20
by Johnny O on August 20, 2020 :: 0 comments
Join Mad Swirl Open Mic THIS 1st Wednesday of the September (aka 09.02.20), as we once again whirl up the Swirl VIRTUALLY, opening the mic for all you Mad ones out there! Maximizing the powers of technology & broadcasting from Big D & blastin’ off into the interwebs! Starting at 7:30pm (CST), join hosts Johnny O & MH Clay, along …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.15.20
by Johnny O on August 16, 2020 :: 0 comments
“Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.” Charles Bukowski ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “The Castle of Vled Tepes” – Bill Wolak See all of Bill’s wild and hallucinated canvases, as well as our other former featured artists (50 in total) at Mad Swirl’s Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week in Mad …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.08.20
by Johnny O on August 9, 2020 :: 0 comments
“I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.” P. L. Travers ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “That Eerie Stillness at the Threshold of Loss” – Bill Wolak See all of Bill’s wild and hallucinated canvases, as well as our other former featured artists (50 in total) at Mad Swirl’s Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week in …
Note of Gratitude to the Mad Ones : 08.05.20
by Johnny O on August 6, 2020 :: 0 comments
If you tuned in to Mad Swirl Open Mic this past 1st Wednesday (aka 08.05.20), Mad Swirl Open Mic once again virtually whirled up the Swirl and got the Mad mic opened for all you Mad ones out there! We beamed our cyber line-up straight out into the wide world of webs & straight to your screens. HUGE grats to …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.01.20
by Johnny O on August 2, 2020 :: 0 comments
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.” Herman Melville ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “The Social Distancing of Desire” – Bill Wolak Mad Swirl is proud to welcome back Bill Wolak, one of the maddest of the mad, with a fresh new collection of collage work. This time around, he’s brought a …