Caught, between the woods and frozen lake--

I would share this online video, but as it is a copyright violation, I am hesitant to share it here. At any rate, I think the composer's tribute is a worthy restoration of a poem made trite through too much exposure. It brings back all the original uncanniness and mental flickering of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." Although Frost hated the result the first time his work was set to music, I can't help but think this piece would give him pleasure: the original version of Sleep by Eric Whitacre with the Concordia Choir.

Video of "The Exile's Track" from THE THRONE OF PSYCHE

The wonderful Paul Digby has made another video!

There are two easy ways to see it. One, click on the title link above to fly to a larger video box at youtube. Or wander into the right-hand panel and watch a smaller version on this page.

This time the subject is "The Exile's Track," also from The Throne of Psyche (Mercer University Press, April 2011.) Evidently the Southerner in me sometimes tires of cold and winter, wouldn't you say?

The picture of Paul is not by his wife, painter Lynn Digby, but by friend Mary S. Jones. For me, it captures some of Paul's sense of fun and pleasure in life. I pilfered it from Paul's profile pictures on facebook.

Pre-orders are almost over for The Throne of Psyche . . .

"The Nesting Doll" from THE THRONE OF PSYCHE

Here is a link to a second video by Paul Digby. I did not embed because Blogger is sulking, alas. Paul has made images and music for "The Nesting Doll," first published in Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency and forthcoming in The Throne of Psyche from Mercer. Go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/marlyyoumans/ Click on "The Nesting Doll." (Illustration courtesy of deviantart.com and curiousmoth.)