Eric Talerico Fine Art

03/03/2026

The Difference Between Extension and Substitution

I saw a discussion online about using tech (specifically loopers and pre-recorded tracks) for musical performance. I wrote this too long essay in response, then lost track of the original thread. I…

02/18/2026

Butterfly

there was a trail that followed a sharp embankment going up the side of the mountain where dreamy drifts of thought might occur to the astute traveller even on sundays i caught a butterfly there on…

01/23/2026

Strange Brew

This one is a bit of a cheat. I had a character recognition app scan a page from an old journal. The entry is from a long time ago. I thought that the many typos and suggestions of replacements for unreadable text were humorous. 1.4.95 — Boston Dovienes: when it pools, trinkensit thickens, like malgrado i. Cold weather. It settles into the deeper parts of the earth....

This one is a bit of a cheat. I had a character recognition app scan a page from an old journal. The entry is from a long time ago. I thought that the many typos and suggestions of replacements for…

07/28/2025

This is the cobra in my front yardHe’s easy to see without lookingToo hard.He has a long body and a littleDark hood.But don’t worry it’s safeBecause he’s just made of wood.

This is the cobra in my front yardHe’s easy to see without lookingToo hard.He has a long body and a littleDark hood.But don’t worry it’s safeBecause he’s just made of wood.

07/28/2025

The Word and the World: There are no words beyond the words. We speak them, think them, dream them, sing them—in various languages and dialects, with our own inflections, inventions, and additions. Still, the words remain. In the beginning was the Word. It seems it was just a single word—not of much use—except that when uttered, it spawned other words and unleashed the power that became the world....

The Word and the World: There are no words beyond the words. We speak them, think them, dream them, sing them—in various languages and dialects, with our own inflections, inventions, and additions.…

07/17/2025

I checked my inbox today, only to find a text from an unspecified source, asking me when I am going to Miami. To the best of my knowledge of course, I have no plans to visit Miami. Even when I was stationed in Orlando, Florida during my Navy enlistment, I did not visit, nor have any desire to visit, Miami. I get this sort of text a few times a week....

I checked my inbox today, only to find a text from an unspecified source, asking me when I am going to Miami. To the best of my knowledge of course, I have no plans to visit Miami. Even when I was …

07/17/2025

I’m beginning a new Wordpress blog. I’ve had one before, but accessing it became impossible after an email address change. So here is the new one.

I’m beginning a new Wordpress blog. I’ve had one before, but accessing it became impossible after an email address change. So here is the new one.

12/30/2023

It’s fun spotting spelling errors on old journal pages.

12/06/2023

My mind keeps singing me “Summer in Siam” today.

09/16/2023

What am I watching?
“Bendix made a stew. I didn’t know there was a foot in it!”

07/28/2023

The Fire Truck at the end of the rainbow.