Larry Rivers’ paintings prove there’s inspiration in anything if you decide to see it that way

BY: ADRIAN SMITH Frank O’Hara closes his memoir for Larry Rivers noting, “What his work has always had to say to me, I guess, is to be more keenly interested while I’m still alive. And perhaps that is the most…

Frank O’Hara’s poetry shows us good writing comes from observant living

 BY: ADRIAN SMITH My friend showed me a video of Frank O’Hara answering a phone call in the middle of writing new poetry at his desk. He uses parts of his conversation in the writing, even the small, seemingly unimportant…