Category Archives: memory

Emptying out some of the cluttered spaces

Posted on August 2, 2016 by jyourist

I was driving home today after doing some errands and a very old memory popped into my head. I was young —maybe 8 years old. There was a car accident at the corner of our street, Sabra Road and Willys Parkway. … Continue reading →

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A virtual sign

Posted on April 12, 2016 by jyourist

I see him tracing the letters in the air, His hands rotating his brush As he paints this last virtual sign. I have never seen his expertise so close up before. I always focused on the letters he produced when … Continue reading →

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“Theory of Memory” by Louise Glück

Posted on February 18, 2016 by jyourist

Long, long ago, before I was a tormented artist, afflicted with longing yet incapable of forming durable attachments, long before this, I was a glorious ruler uniting all of a divided country—so I was told by the fortune-teller who examined … Continue reading →

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“A Mercy” by Sharon Olds

Posted on February 11, 2016 by jyourist
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Chiharu Shiota

Posted on December 30, 2015 by jyourist

Chiharu Shiota is a Japanese performance and installation artist born in 1972 who was selected by her country to represent Japan in the recent Venice Biennale. The ceilings and walls of the Japanese Pavillion at the Biennale are covered with … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane

Posted on December 28, 2015 by jyourist

Each time I get in to Ann Arbor to visit my mother, I try to do some sort of activity with her and some of the ladies in her wing. In November we made cards using stamps and last week … Continue reading →

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Driven to the light

Posted on September 17, 2014 by jyourist

On my way to work today I passed beneath the walkway between the two McCormick Places which crosses above Lakeshore Drive. Inside, on the ceiling of that overpass, were red and blue lights and somehow, strangely, I was teleported back to … Continue reading →

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Eleven Japanese memories two years ago to this day

Posted on March 20, 2014 by jyourist
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Dear Marian

Posted on March 10, 2014 by jyourist

Weird. I was brushing my teeth this morning and the presence of Marian was incredibly palpable. I’m not one to usually get these kinds of “visitations.” Usually it’s my mother or even my sister who have them. But this morning, … Continue reading →

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“This Old Man: Life in the nineties” by Roger Angell

Posted on February 24, 2014 by jyourist

Check me out. The top two knuckles of my left hand look as if I’d been worked over by the K.G.B. No, it’s more as if I’d been a catcher for the Hall of Fame pitcher Candy Cummings, the inventor … Continue reading →

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