...the words I can't say are the holes I punch in the walls of my psyche... — John Geddes Angst Copy Share Image
“...I worship at the temple of your body and without you, I'd have no art...” — John Geddes Adoration Copy Share Image
...the best way to forgive someone is to enter into their sufferings ... — John Geddes Empathy Copy Share Image
“...all my life I prayed to a star – Later discovered it was Venus – I was praying to Aphrodite and wondering… — John Geddes Disillusioned Copy Share Image
“..snow gently settles like dust in a shaft - for one moment there is no one else - only the wind like… — john geddes Hissing Copy Share Image
“...why do people venerate Einstein or Bill Gates? Clive Bell explains: Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age…” — John Geddes Bill gates Copy Share Image
“...every time I look at you autumn leaves come in between - does it matter they're the color of your hair -… — John Geddes Autumn Copy Share Image
“...I'm innocent still -inside me are stained glass windows that have never been broken- and when I see your light it stains… — John Geddes Color Copy Share Image
“...beauty is not symmetry of parts- that's so impotent -as Mishima says, beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, & finally destroys...” — John Geddes Beauty Copy Share Image
“... my early writing was a silent fury - at what or whom, I had no idea - but I shut it… — John Geddes Burned Copy Share Image
“...I committed a sin the day I refused you - I discovered metal inside me where my heart should be - forgive… — John Geddes Hard-hearted Copy Share Image
“...when I was a kid, Toronto streets were deserted and quiet on Sundays, except for the sound of church bells I stood… — John Geddes Childhood memories Copy Share Image
“...thinking about laughing with 2 yr old Findlay today - Dostoyevsky was right, “The soul is healed by being with children.” ...” — John Geddes Child Copy Share Image
“...If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood—but no self- respecting writer should ever… — John Geddes Childhood memories Copy Share Image
“...some nights I'd sneak out and listen to the radio in my Dad's old Chevy - children need solitude - they don't… — John Geddes Childhood memories Copy Share Image
“... the scarlet thread,the red clay from which we were made, runs in tiny streams through all our veins, reminding us of… — John Geddes Began Copy Share Image
“...consider yourself a functional character in someone else's novel - a background character - a person on the street - that's the… — John Geddes Books Copy Share Image
“Deb and I were married on a snowy night - wind cross-wove a veil of snow for her then threw confetti at… — John Geddes Church Copy Share Image
“...I didn't want you flawless - I have a bare wall at home that's flawless - I wanted your character trapped in… — John Geddes Beauty Copy Share Image
“...all winter the acorns and red Maple leaf moldered in silence - in the same way grief is gnawing at me -… — John Geddes Consuming Copy Share Image
“...you lifted the veil when you admitted you had no memory of that day - it was so special and your lack… — John Geddes Memory Copy Share Image
“...it's not the medium that's the message - it's consciousness - the wonder of being able to wonder ...” — John Geddes Consciousness Copy Share Image
“...these vignettes I sketch for you - what are they? watercolors ..yes and dreams blurred with tears ...” — John Geddes Dreams Copy Share Image
“...we each harbor a shadow self with shadowy motives and murky desires...” — John Geddes Identity Copy Share Image
“...The book of the hours - Tres Riche Heures - what did it matter when I had you?...” — John Geddes Book Copy Share Image
“...I'm constantly agitated, restless - I work moments like worry beads until I see your face...” — John Geddes Agitated Copy Share Image
“...maybe I am just your priest - or a churl - perhaps you mistrust me the way the medievals mistrusted monks...” — John Geddes Mistrust Copy Share Image
“...sorrow binds us - I will always cherish you - my only disillusionment is unspoken words ...” — John Geddes Dissillusionment Copy Share Image
“...you want things to remain the same, which they never can, and so you’re wounded by your own feelings & resentful others… — John Geddes Apathy Copy Share Image
“...come lie beside me again and understand - the others can show by actions, but I alone will immortalize you in words...” — John Geddes Love lost Copy Share Image
“...a bard's down-to-earth love: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red and when she walks, treads… — John Geddes Love Copy Share Image
“...take off your sweater in the darkness and static flares as a tiny lightning storm - I am the same at the… — John Geddes Electricity Copy Share Image
“...we see this tendency to throw off restraints in life, in art - it's an inglorious gesture of thumbing the nose -… — John Geddes Art Copy Share Image
“...we have entertained ourselves with the pornography of violence and inflamed passions that might otherwise have slumbered...” — John Geddes Entertainment Copy Share Image
“...don't think love is just an emotion - I am dangerous and you know it because I will do anything you ask… — John Geddes Dangerous Copy Share Image
“...each person is required to ask, 'what is my authority?' - on what do you base your decisions? if it's yourself, then… — John Geddes Authority Copy Share Image
“...before you, I was a doubled-up fist - now I can hold soft things, fragile as butterfly wings...” — John Geddes Before you Copy Share Image
“...once I saw you in moonlight and I can tell you - the silvery dust of the stars doesn't shimmer like you...” — John Geddes Love Copy Share Image
