Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind. Henri Frederic Amiel ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Red Barbed Wire” by featured artist Thomas Riesner Slip into Thomas’ playfully hypnotic dreamscapes, as well as our other …
Mad Swirl Open Mic : 10.01.25
Join Mad Swirl this 1st Wednesday of October (aka 10.01.25) when we’ll be doin’ the open mic voodoo that we do at Barbara’s Pavillion! We will get things started with some musical grooves brought to you by Swirve (Chris & Tamitha Curiel, Gerard Bendiks) then hosts Johnny O & MH Clay will set the stage for some open mic madness! …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 09.20.25
There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Depressing – 1” by featured artist Thomas Riesner Slip into Thomas’ playfully hypnotic dreamscapes, as well as our other past featured artists, at our Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week on Mad Swirl’s Poetry Forum… we anxious fussed, …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 09.13.25
What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Depressing – 1” by featured artist Thomas Riesner Slip into Thomas’ playfully hypnotic dreamscapes, as well as our other past featured artists, at our Mad Gallery! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week on Mad Swirl’s Poetry Forum… we pulled the lever on …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 09.06.25
I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish. Edith Sitwell ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Dangerous Suns – 2” by featured artist Thomas Riesner Mad Swirl is excited to welcome back a new batch from a personal favorite, Thomas Riesner, with more of his chaotic, nightmarish little figures. Riesner’s pieces feel both playful and unsettling at once, with …
Note of Gratitude to the Mad Ones : 09.03.25
This past 1st Wednesday of September (aka 09.03.25) Mad Swirl Open Mic was found whirling up the Swirl at Barbara’s Pavillion, getting the Mad mic opened for ALL you Mad ones out there! This month we featured Dallas Slam Poet & longtime friend of the Swirl, Zach “Konnichiwa” Schrotter! Grats to ALL the participators & appreciators who graced our stage: …