Introduction to "FAITH OF AN ARTISTT" (this website)
(Nov, 2020) LINKS to the My Life in Art pages on This Website
NEW: Music Videos of songs from my CD, LOVE'S RIVER
New! Video of Music/Poetry Concert at Meher Baba Circle of Friends in Myrtle Beach, Aug. 24, 2019
Children's Songs of Mr. Max" (Max Reif) Also, "Mr. Max's Neighborhood", a new CD of songs!!
Lyrics of Mr. Max's Children's Songs
A Spiritual Autobiography Written As "Narrative Fiction" (stories from The Mindful Word)
"The Ballad of a Warm Cafe," a fable about Love
Essays
Poems
Reviews by Max
Humor
Meher Baba Writings
Blog Archive
Links
The Valley of the Saints: a poem in 4 parts. [Written near Khuldabad, India in August, 2016]
Art in My (Kali Yuga) American Childhood
Paintings from the Late '80s and Early /mid '90s
Meher Baba paintings from the '80s and '90s
Recent Baba Paintings (2016-19)
Paintings, 2016-19 (continued)
Most Recent Baba paintings (2019-20)
My Friendship with Baba's Painter, Lyn Ott
Other Influences
text of THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN
Travel Photos, 2018: Oaxaca, Mexico
A painting I saw at MALBA
Aricle by Jamie Newell on Baba and Jung
A fanciful take on THE ORIGINAL WHIM
Pandemic Ghazal (written April 1, 2020)
"After the Flood" by Francis Brabazon
"Hymn To God The Man" by Francis Brabazon
BOOKS, CDs, ART: MAX'S STORE
Reviews of Max's work by others
New Meher Baba Poem Aug 22 2020
Lines Based Upon Baba's "Umbrella Simile" (short poem)
"God Seeks" and "The Boxing Match": two short poems, words by Max, pictures by Simon Imagin
His Healing Touch (New Poem-Poster)
New Poem-Poster: "FEET, " made from a favorite painting and poem
A recent painting I'd titled "Flow", and a brief meditation on Art
"Father Please" 2013 painting w new graphic frame
The Old Man Played His Drum (a new short story/graphic)
Kabir/Bly poem: "What you call "Salvation" belongs to the time BEFORE death!"
"Dreass My Soul In BABA" (poem and illustration)
Wrestling with God in the Desert of the Mind
New page
Divine Time-Release (poem and picture)
Some Game You Play! (poem/painting) Sept 28, 2020
Morning Prayer, Oct. 3, 2020 (w picture)
Polarities of Love (and a special painting)
Photo of the 5 AM sky, and some lines it inspired!
A Baba-Doodle inspired by the art of Paul Klee
"ALTERNATING CURRENT" - a short story about a series of ECT (electric shock treatments) I had around 1980. How they helped things, AND how they also hurt things! And how the merciful SURPRISE HEALING came for that hurt, too!
"Continuum" (poem and painting)
"Creative Thoughts" (poem and painting)
THIS Burden, Now!
This life: Substructure for the Next (and a painting!)
AND IF SUDDENLY IN A FLAH (poem w/painting)
New Painting: "I Saw a Pink Cloud Come Out of Baba's Picture and Go into My New Friend Ian, Whom I Had Recently Told About Baba."
BABA Mealtime-Yoga Self-Talk (a poem and a picture)
Helplessness (poem w photo)
Christmas Day Poem, AD 2020
"Framing" (poem with picture)
To Robbie (Robbie Basho)--a little poem begun during the movie about Robbie's life, a poem which ended in Silence and this little graphic
"Testament on the Last Day of 2020 (poem with picture)
"Letter from Prison" (Poem with fun picture!)
A dream-figure's Hymn to the Dreamer (and picture)
"The SS Hopeless and Helpless" (poem and cool photo!)
""The Girl at the Cafe' Rendezvous" w/picture
"Ghazal While Making Breakfast" and a painting, "Tunnel of Love"
Faith of an Artist: the website of Max Reif
Introduction to "FAITH OF AN ARTISTT" (this website)
(Nov, 2020) LINKS to the My Life in Art pages on This Website
NEW: Music Videos of songs from my CD, LOVE'S RIVER
New! Video of Music/Poetry Concert at Meher Baba Circle of Friends in Myrtle Beach, Aug. 24, 2019
Children's Songs of Mr. Max" (Max Reif) Also, "Mr. Max's Neighborhood", a new CD of songs!!
Lyrics of Mr. Max's Children's Songs
A Spiritual Autobiography Written As "Narrative Fiction" (stories from The Mindful Word)
"The Ballad of a Warm Cafe," a fable about Love
Essays
Poems
Reviews by Max
Humor
Meher Baba Writings
Blog Archive
Links
The Valley of the Saints: a poem in 4 parts. [Written near Khuldabad, India in August, 2016]
Art in My (Kali Yuga) American Childhood
Paintings from the Late '80s and Early /mid '90s
Meher Baba paintings from the '80s and '90s
Recent Baba Paintings (2016-19)
Paintings, 2016-19 (continued)
Most Recent Baba paintings (2019-20)
My Friendship with Baba's Painter, Lyn Ott
Other Influences
text of THE LIFE YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN
Travel Photos, 2018: Oaxaca, Mexico
A painting I saw at MALBA
Aricle by Jamie Newell on Baba and Jung
A fanciful take on THE ORIGINAL WHIM
Pandemic Ghazal (written April 1, 2020)
"After the Flood" by Francis Brabazon
"Hymn To God The Man" by Francis Brabazon
BOOKS, CDs, ART: MAX'S STORE
Reviews of Max's work by others
New Meher Baba Poem Aug 22 2020
Lines Based Upon Baba's "Umbrella Simile" (short poem)
"God Seeks" and "The Boxing Match": two short poems, words by Max, pictures by Simon Imagin
His Healing Touch (New Poem-Poster)
New Poem-Poster: "FEET, " made from a favorite painting and poem
A recent painting I'd titled "Flow", and a brief meditation on Art
"Father Please" 2013 painting w new graphic frame
The Old Man Played His Drum (a new short story/graphic)
Kabir/Bly poem: "What you call "Salvation" belongs to the time BEFORE death!"
"Dreass My Soul In BABA" (poem and illustration)
Wrestling with God in the Desert of the Mind
New page
Divine Time-Release (poem and picture)
Some Game You Play! (poem/painting) Sept 28, 2020
Morning Prayer, Oct. 3, 2020 (w picture)
Polarities of Love (and a special painting)
Photo of the 5 AM sky, and some lines it inspired!
A Baba-Doodle inspired by the art of Paul Klee
"ALTERNATING CURRENT" - a short story about a series of ECT (electric shock treatments) I had around 1980. How they helped things, AND how they also hurt things! And how the merciful SURPRISE HEALING came for that hurt, too!
"Continuum" (poem and painting)
"Creative Thoughts" (poem and painting)
THIS Burden, Now!
This life: Substructure for the Next (and a painting!)
AND IF SUDDENLY IN A FLAH (poem w/painting)
New Painting: "I Saw a Pink Cloud Come Out of Baba's Picture and Go into My New Friend Ian, Whom I Had Recently Told About Baba."
BABA Mealtime-Yoga Self-Talk (a poem and a picture)
Helplessness (poem w photo)
Christmas Day Poem, AD 2020
"Framing" (poem with picture)
To Robbie (Robbie Basho)--a little poem begun during the movie about Robbie's life, a poem which ended in Silence and this little graphic
"Testament on the Last Day of 2020 (poem with picture)
"Letter from Prison" (Poem with fun picture!)
A dream-figure's Hymn to the Dreamer (and picture)
"The SS Hopeless and Helpless" (poem and cool photo!)
""The Girl at the Cafe' Rendezvous" w/picture
"Ghazal While Making Breakfast" and a painting, "Tunnel of Love"
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