Tag Archives: ponderance

Girl in the Dark, Twice

Posted on November 28, 2025 by John Biscello

1.    A girl in the dark, in a corner, spitting out sunflower seeds, spitting out sunflower seeds into the dark.    Pppfft-pppfft, the sound her mouth makes when spitting, and the barely audible plip when the shells hit the … Continue reading →

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On the Nature of Daydreaming

Posted on December 31, 2020 by John Biscello

In America, daydreaming is fast becoming an anachronism, and endangered species, with its habitats being destroyed, and its numbers in the wild decreasing at an alarming pace. Which raises the question– What would daydreaming’s extinction mean in relation to the … Continue reading →

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Film Still

Posted on March 8, 2018 by John Biscello

She, the heroine, in the still of her own life– Christ, how far to go?   (Photo by Cindy Sherman)

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