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The "Ideography" of Arthur Joseph Kushner

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Why The Website?	Arthur Joseph Kushner was a poet, philosopher, spiritual guide and martial artist who left behind many communities and works when he died at age 56 on October 2, 2002 of heart failure. This website is an effort to make his works available, in addition to the book, "Stroking the Sparrow's Tail and Other Poems", to be published in October. Email Bram Moreinis (bram at greenfielddigital dot com) if you are interest in supporting this volunteer effort - we'll need distributors, marketers, and assemblers (the book comes with two CDs, printed separately), and we will need money to pay for the printing (reimbursed after sales).


Commentary - A New Section! Poetry 1. From "Rondout Review 1990", a collection of Rosendale Creative Space Co-Operative Poets Elephant, You Pass Cicadas A Bird Flew In 2. Read at Arthur's funeral: Wind Into Clay In Memory of Arthur Joseph - Robert Milby 3. The Hard Roll Cafe Poems George W. Bush vs. The Palm Beach Canvassing Board The Hard Roll Cafe Day 3 of the Attack: Before The Rain 4. Read at Arthur's Memorial, Hasbrouck Park Pavillion, November 2 Preface: Moving Forward (Rilke) Flighting The Dragon - Arthur Joseph Arthur's Dance - Ron Whiteurs 4. Other Works Once I Killed A Mouse Heal The Family Virtual Mudstock The Learning Process Time Check The Priorities of Gender Communication and Closure The Sands of Paradise Oil and Water My Roots The Poems of Marc Chagall Shinar in the Hand of the Sea The Names of the Mysterious Echo Of Cars and Carpets The Doctrine Of Metaphors Suburban Ecology Dear Mary Representations of Environments Light Met Dear Ghosts My Walk Through Valentine Sweat Lodge Preparation In the Belly Of the Snake Space Co-Op Mission Statement A Dark Night's Transmission Her Secret, Unveiled Great King Achashvarosh Rosendale Cement The Freaks Committee Constitution Prophets Awake Rosanna Chavez Laughing Woman's Drum At Noon Time Stroking the Sparrow's Tail
Prose 1. Ropework (RHPE) - Educational Theory Preface Mock Interview Propositions of RHPE Translation for a Teenage Stepdaughter 2. Judaism Meeting Minutes: On Keeping Kosher 3. Native America The Sweat Lodge Purification Ceremony Introduction: By Raymundo Wesley Rodriguez-Jackson History Rides the Sea Stream (prepared lecture intro to be given the week after Arthur died Questions and Reflections on Schunnemunk and Woodcock Mountains Day 3 of the Attack (Hard Roll Cafe Poem # 3)

OBITUARY (Kingston Daily Freeman, New Paltz Times: 10/10/02)

Arthur Joseph Kushner, a New Paltz poet, religious and educational philosopher, martial artist, anthropologist, and handyman for the past 18 years, died Wednesday, October 2, at Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie, following a heart attack. He was known by many groups and communities in Ulster County for his thoughtful, generous, playful, and powerful support, and was often seen riding his bicycle along Route 199 in all seasons and weather.

Arthur's survivors have yet to be located, but the more than 200 attendees at his gravesite ceremony, officiated by Rabbi Bill Strongin, represented the New Paltz Jewish congregation of Ahavath Achim, the Rosendale Creative Space Co-op and other poetry circles, Native American students of the Klamath River Karuks and the Caribbean Taino, the New Paltz Karate Academy and other martial arts schools, and many other personal friends and collaborators.