Redmond & Mardiah Gleeson Mural Tribute-KGB

Redmond & Mardiah Gleeson Mural Tribute-KGB

The idea to do a tribute piece for my father, Redmond Gleeson sprang up organically.  I have been a graffiti artist my entire adult life and doing something publicly in that medium for my him was a natural reflex, not just for me but for all of us in the crew and...
Zoomuse Continues

Zoomuse Continues

Zoomuse continues, a poetry series via the Zoom software platform. The series was created by Emmanuel Williams via SICA-International and happens at 2pm EDT and 11am PDT on Fridays. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/99414930537 And see: subud.org/zoomuse Upcoming SICA Zoomuse...
Create a Loving World by Building Caring Local Communities

Create a Loving World by Building Caring Local Communities

By Elizabeth Flanders Six or seven years ago, I began having visions of our world in chaos. It was very disturbing, so I tested with a friend and national helper. I received a state of profound peace, like nothing I had felt before. My friend received when the chaos...
Crowned with Corona-Riantee Rand

Crowned with Corona-Riantee Rand

Riantee Rand Bio: I was born in Paris, France and my first book of poetry was published there. After traveling around the world with Redmond and Mardiah Gleeson for a year, my husband Charles and I settled in Aspen, Colorado where I began writing in English. After...
R.I.P. Poet Michael McClure

R.I.P. Poet Michael McClure

Michael McClure died Monday, May 4, 2020, at his home in the Oakland hills. The San Francisco Chronicle was quick with an obituary that started: Michael McClure, the young poet recruited to put together the famed Six Gallery readings in 1955 that launched the San...
Coronavirus Murals in Vancouver, BC

Coronavirus Murals in Vancouver, BC

A bit of news from north of the border from Subud journalist Hadani Ditmars:   (A new mural by Smokey Devil, aka James Hardy, a neighbourhood street artist who for 20 years has been documenting the ravages of drug addiction in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood...
SICA-USA Supports Poetry Postcard Fest

SICA-USA Supports Poetry Postcard Fest

SICA-USA has awarded POPO, the August POetry POstcard Fest a grant to support this international festival (created by a Subud member, your SICA-USA webmaster) and encourages Subud poets around the world to join the fest. In year 14, the festival involves poets (of all...
Subud Byrd Connection

Subud Byrd Connection

From Eli Dokson: Hi Paul, I enjoy your weekly SICA USA News emails – keep em coming. Here’s something you might find interesting  – In the latest edition of GuitarPlayer magazine (circulation of 134,000+), May 2020, their monthly column Five Acts of a...
Some Poetic Music (from the Chair)

Some Poetic Music (from the Chair)

From SICA-USA Chair Hamilton Cheifetz: In this difficult time, I would like to share some poetic music from an Inside Chamber Music class last April: a story and two short song treasures by Robert Franz and Max Reger, sung by Harry Baechtel and then played on the...
Subud Creatives (Rocky Mountains)

Subud Creatives (Rocky Mountains)

Hello, I’m Lawrence Pevec. I’ve had a lifelong interest in both art and motion picture making. I had this idea that SICA-USA blog subscribers might like to see the breadth and depth of the Subud Creatives in my region. I’ve decides to launch a mini...