L.L. Barkat

L.L. Barkat is Managing Editor of <a href=http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/>Tweetspeak Poetry</a>, a site committed to helping people experience a whole life through the power of writing, reading, and

Saving Picasso

May 17, 2013 4 min read Humanity

This is why I did it, Donna: [http://www.curatormagazine.com/llbarkat/the-creative-life-risking-for-love/] the bees are dying. She is five years old and I do what every parent is expected to do. I

The Creative Life: Risking for Love

Apr 5, 2013 3 min read Humanity

“My biggest regret is that I didn’t,” she tweeted. We were talking about home education. She wanted to know why and how I home educated my children. (I am not quite finished

Give and Take: The Paradoxical Function of Art

Dec 28, 2012 2 min read Humanity

“I like it when you explain what I’m seeing.” I had sent a video clip to a colleague—of a performance artist interacting with a warehoused sculpture [http://www.behance.net/gallery/

Writing the Number of Meaning

Oct 24, 2012 3 min read Humanity

Let us begin with the lima beans. Ten maybe. Does it matter? I ask this question several times in The Novelist. [http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/the-novelist-by-l-l-barkat/] And it is a good one, if

Higgins Writes the Poetry of the Gods

May 4, 2012 3 min read Literature Odyssey Sorina Higgins

“Caduceus? Oh, that’s the snake thing,” says my older daughter. This is not the answer I am seeking just at the moment, as I’m looking for my copy of Sorina Higgins’