Frank Garrett Online

Category: absence

  • Istanbul 04: The Dervish

    By revolving in harmony with all things in nature–with the smallest cells and with the stars in the firmament–the semazen testifies to the existence and the majesty of the Creator,… more ›

  • Tiananmen

    I was in Beijing just a few days after the tenth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. It was still closed to the public for “renovation,” in anticipation of protests… more ›

  • Istanbul 03: History is a Pile of Debris

    Saturday, May 17, 2008, Turkoman Hotel, Istanbul Last night we went on the obligatory people-watching pilgrimage to Taksim in what used to be the Genoese colony of Pera that is… more ›

  • Bolesław LeafMarch 19, 1994 – March 16, 2008 Rest in peace, my little orange baby. more ›

  • Broken Wing

    There are few things more tragic than a suffering animal, whether that animal be human or not. Watching the demise. Witness to the dissipation. All you want to do, all… more ›

  • Gay for Democracy

    I wonder if I’ll ever post to this blog again. I wonder if my days will ever stop being so damned full of foolishness and nonsense and incessant busywork. I… more ›

  • A bad case of the hollows.

    Yeah, this band is rad. I love new music that gets under my skin. Angry words about how fucked-up stuff is. Makes me wanna burn it all down. Singing at… more ›

  • The New 30

    I think it’s fairly telling that I should lose my earrings just a couple of weeks before I turn 40. I had to remove them at the doctor’s office while… more ›

  • Nothing to say about love…

    This interview suffers from the “Dance, Monkey, Dance!” Syndrome: flaccid American asks the world’s greatest living philosopher (at the time) to perform for the camera on a topic he clearly… more ›

  • What comes when I try to write…

    “All of your anno Dominithe whole year longhas turned toanno servi, or two, orbetter yet:ano polaco…in a piece of the wor(l)dwhere slave and Slavde-fine the di-stance betweensix years—nine, but who’s… more ›