Michael Singman-Aste Photography Blog

‘Uplift’ Celebrates Art Through Dance

Michael Singman-Aste — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 23:37:36 +0000

This article originally appeared in The Alameda Post on October 21, 2022. Dennis Evanosky, Editor.

17th Annual Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout

Michael Singman-Aste — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 01:42:29 +0000

This article originally appeared in The Alameda Post on September 27, 2022. Adam Gillitt, editor.

Erin Crociani at Alameda Island Brewing Company

Michael Singman-Aste — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 03:50:49 +0000

This article originally appeared in The Alameda Post on September 22, 2022. Adam Gillitt, editor.

An Ode to Broccoli Stems

Michael Singman-Aste — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 03:48:58 +0000

I owe amends to broccoli stems
For ignorant neglect,
And failure to treat this cabbage with the requisite respect.

On the wrong side of my reckoning
Of wheat versus the chaff
I tossed them in the compost in a culinary gaffe.

Turned up my nose at snout to tail
Of leafy greens and scallion,
You’d think I would know better as an hono’ry Italian.

The stalks so sweet and tender,
Subtle flavors underneath,
And unlike the florets they’re rarely caught betwixt my teeth.

I’ll go out on a limb now
At the risk of a kerfuffle,
And say they’re second only to the venerated truffle!

Nothing More Intimate

Michael Singman-Aste — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 07:16:08 +0000

Nothing is more intimate than preparing food for someone:

It becomes part of them, muscle, bone, skin, sinew

I imagine your shoulders working

muscles powering

your hands transforming food

into an offering

molding crafting fashioning

preparing the food preparing

yourself

Eat of this bread it is my body

and shall be yours.

Will you sit back contented watching

watching my eating

or is the nourishment in the sharing

the food not a sculpture but a dance

Will you dance with me arms entwining

placing single morsels on the tongue

a divine secular communion, living hand to mouth.

Lover cannibal unsure where fingers end

where flesh melts into food, when food becomes flesh

consuming and becoming, eating and being eaten

hungry, hungry, ravenous but not greedy

not giving, not taking

sharing partaking

devouring but not destroying.

A kiss ends at the lips, or soon after

But pressing your hands to my lips,

taking them to my mouth, in my mouth

licking my lips, your fingers

do not stifle but

nourish and

sustain me.

Alamedia: Linda Weinstock

Michael Singman-Aste — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 04:46:18 +0000

This article originally appeared in the November 2016 issue of Alameda Magazine. Judith Gallman, editor.

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Alamedia: Wes and Jess Warren

Michael Singman-Aste — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 00:28:58 +0000

This article originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of Alameda Magazine. Judith Gallman, editor.

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Alamedia: Howard Harawitz

Michael Singman-Aste — Wed, 25 May 2016 05:36:17 +0000

This article originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of Alameda Magazine. Judith Gallman, editor.

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Alamedia: Jennifer King

Michael Singman-Aste — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:45:45 +0000

This article originally appeared in the May 2016 issue of Alameda Magazine. Judith Gallman, editor.

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Alamedia: Jolene Morgado

Michael Singman-Aste — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 05:07:06 +0000

This article originally appeared in the April 2016 issue of Alameda Magazine. Judith Gallman, editor.

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