Jean-Michel Basquiat: Riding with Death, 1988, acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 98 by 114 inches.The work by Basquiat that haunts my imagination, that lingers in my memory, is Riding with Death (1988). Evoking images of possession, of riding and being ridden in the Haitian voudoun sense...
“Then you know that if I was a witch, I could turn myself into something else. Into a burrowing owl. I could fly out the smoke hole and go away into the night.” Silence. “But I am not a witch. I am just a man. I am a singer. Ayataalii. I have learned the ways to cu...
Bell wrote the collection’s final poem a mere six weeks before his death. Entitled “Silent Vigil” (by the editor; several of Bell’s poems were untitled), the poem is steeped in the traditions of romanticism. I count it the most moving and the most transcendent of the lot. My soul ...
-line dialogue with Gabriel on a short Live show for Sugar and Spice, Bell began her Hollywood career. She made her final in 1992 as Isabella Rossellini in the film Death Becomes her. TV appearances other than that include Army women and several prominent films, including The Good Witch....