Cassandra Langer

There are hundreds of them out there that you can apply for. If you are really, really good at this sort of writing you may even get some money at some point in the process. For most of us the time it takes and the effort just makes it counter productive. Yet here I am once again pushing the rock up the hill in hopes of getting some money, time and space to finish my work. You would think I would have learned after all these years what a waste of my time it is. I simply do not write grant speak. I’d rather be really writing with a voice that doesn’t have to conform to formula. I’ll let you know if that works this year.

Enjoyed watching Tennis matches, particularly the women’s competitions. New stars on the horizon. Can hardly wait to see who will be the winner.

The political song and dance goes on with more stupidity than I can comment on here. I would need volumes to comment on the absurdity of it all. We need universal health-care coverage for every citizen in this country. That’s the long and short of it. Our so called representatives need to stop mucking around with their puppet masters and get back on track with what is moral and human in a civilized society. Clothed the naked, feed the hungry and provide health-care for the sick as well as a living wage for the majority of their citizens. It’s really very simple.

Am getting ready to go to Allen Frame’s opening tomorrow at Gittleman gallery off 75th and Lexington here in NYC. Allen is a wonderful photographer. He illustrates the Robert Bolano covers with his noirishly alluring black and white photographs. His new show, however, features some of the most nuanced and subtle color available in contemporary photography.