Wanda Waterman is a poet, spoken word artist, blogger, cultural journalist, and digital nomad. She’s been writing regularly for The Voice Magazine since 2004, not long after she began studying psychology at Athabasca. Her poetry has been published in Descant, The Talking Leaves, Chizine, Our Times, The Best of Tigertail, and Pottersfield Portfolio and her articles in Design is Political, Rawckus Magazine, Coastal Life, The New Internationalist, This Magazine, and in her blog, The Mindful Bard. She grew up in Nova Scotia, but after having lived in New Hampshire and North Africa she’s now settled in Montreal.
Book: Andrea Zanzotto, Haiku for a Season ?Joy of July, source of all joys in the shape of haiku or, maybe, other poems? sweetly, palely in nature sleeps the writing The little volcano named July lets flow a tender lava for everything? let life be something more than a dream? Andrea Zanzotto in Haiku for… Read more »
Film: Fat Kid Rules the World (2012) Director: Matthew Lillard Cast: Jacob Wysocki, Matt O?Leary, and Billy Campbell ?Misfits aren’t misfits among other misfits.? Barry Manilow Observing the Folly from a High and Lonely Place and Consenting to Join It Have you ever painted yourself so tightly into a corner that when an obviously dysfunctional… Read more »
Patricia Deslauriers is the Quebecois jazz contrabassist spearheading the Patricia Deslauriers Trio, whose recording debut is a reverent tribute to the songs of beloved Quebec songster Richard Desjardins (read the Voice review here). Recently she took the time to answer Wanda Waterman’s questions about her mentors, her new album, and her upcoming career plans. (See… Read more »
Film: Samsara Director: Ron Fricke Genre: Documentary ?The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and though distant, is close to us in spirit?this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.? Goethe The Silent Verbosity… Read more »
Film: Abel Director: Diego Luna Cast: Jose Maria Yazpik, Christopher Ruiz-Esparza, Carlos Aragon, Karina Gidi, Gerardo Ruiz-Esparza, and Geraldine Alejandra ?I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.? ?Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.?… Read more »
Patricia Deslauriers is the Quebecois jazz contrabassist spearheading the Patricia Deslauriers Trio, whose recording debut is a reverent tribute to the songs of beloved Quebec songster Richard Desjardins (read the Voice review here). Recently Patricia took the time to answer Wanda Waterman’s questions about her beginnings. ?Anyone can make the simple complicated. Creativity is making… Read more »
Film: Frankenweenie Director: Tim Burton Cast: Charlie Tahan, Frank Welker, Winona Ryder, Catherine O?Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Robert Capron, Atticus Shaffer The Very Mortal Deadlock Between Love and Power ?MR. RZYKRUSKI: Your country needs more scientists. They should make more. You should be a scientist. VICTOR: Nobody likes scientists. MR. RZYKRUSKI: They like what… Read more »
