The Michigan Daily Tuesday, October 31, 1989 Page 7 Poet massages the mind BY KRISTIN PALM OLGA Broumas has a great deal of experience in the healing arts. The native Greek poet spent several years as a massage therapist and her writ- ing takes on the restorative powers of her second profession through both vivid imagery and an underly- ing notion that poetry is, in itself, a healing force. In her newest work, Perpetua, Broumas' work sometimes becomes the subject of the poem, as in "The Masseuse": "Always an angel rises from the figure/naked and safe be- tween my towels/ as before taboo." Broumas said she had a practical reason for choosing massage therapy as a profession. "It is a wonderful way to make a living as a writer. It is quiet work," she said, adding that she preferred massage therapy to the traditional writer's occupation of teaching because it did not involve a set daily routine. Broumas also cited a spiritual connection to the profes- sion. "I trust the body much more than the mind," she said. "The body has its own truth." Although this spirituality is in- herent in Broumas' poetry, not all of to places and events she views as crucial, including her homeland of Syros, Greece and the Middle Eastern conflict. She said these two topics are in- tertwined in her mind and her work because they are close geographi- cally. Conflicts such as the one in the Middle East have always been important to her, Broumas said, but as her life and work have progressed she has become more attuned to this concern. "I think as I've grown older my vision has become broader. But I think that is how I always felt," she said. In much of her writing, Broumas links the workings of the human body to the topic she is discussing, and this issue is no different. "The body is suffering with different parts of the globe as they rise and fall," she said. "We kind of go numb so we can go on but that does not mean we are over it." Although her homeland is impor- tant in her writing, Broumas said she has spent much of her life traveling and the fact that she has found a her work is surreal. She also refers place to settle in a small Mas- sachusetts town has also affected her work. "I had no roots so I decided to go to one place and stay there as long as I could. That has influenced me," she said. Broumas said two other fascina- tions that affect her work are music and peace. In using these themes, Broumas is specific about what she desires to achieve. "I have two pur- poses," she said. "One is to be as au- thentic as possible. Another is to use what is around me." OLGA BROUMAS will read from PERPETUA in the Rackham East Conference Room at 5 p.m. today. THIS BLACK CAT DOES NOT ___ "CROSSROADS"... BUT 74SijHuGAN7 RECRDS on cassette/LP!! $11 c mpact disc!! TRACY CHAPMAN DOES QUITE WELL! IN(LUDES SU BCITY ALL THAT YOU HAVE A HUNDRED YEARS The Gargoyle has no pimp - yet BY ANDREA GACKI "KEEP in mind it costs $1.50." Offering this introductory disclaimer, Gargoyle edi- tor-in-chief Paul Golin forked over his hot-off-the- presses publication for review. Guess what? The Garg is prostituting itself by lowering its price. Ponder the paradox that the Gargoyle proffers. Linda Ellerbee is extolled "for having the vision, the character, rand plain-and-simply the guts to junk a career of jour- nalistic integrity for Maxwell House" - and the Garg seeks to imitate her. But Ricardo Montalban and a Chrysler Cordova rep on the cover is not exactly a strategic marketing ploy. Lt"Whoring" is less of a theme (as "Butter" and "Fear" were for past $2 issues) than a state of being. But the next Gargoyle is going to have the theme of an '80s ret- rospective. "All the other magazines are doing it," said Golin. "And it's in keeping with our overriding theme of 'selling out'." Yes, the Gargoyle's humor is more, shall we say, "palatable." But some demented elements remain. 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"Everyone in my family has driven a Volkswagen at one time or another. My dad had a Microbus in the Sixties. My mom and sister both drove Beetles. And my brother, who's also a student, drives an '83 Volkswagen Rabbit. "So when I saved enough money to buy a car there was only one logical choice. A Volkswagen. My car's a'79 Rabbit. With 145,000 miles on it. Ten years old and all those miles and it's still running great. "If you ask me, it's the perfect student's car. Good on gas. Fun to drive. And big enough to carry four friends." Even so, Kimo is already think- ing about his next car. Another Volkswagen? "Absolutely. A GTI. White. Gotta have white." /0& &\ i +0r" v%+;.-e kol"L, ,.I-.. I