Boldt Words & Images:In memory of Regula Zeller

Regula Zeller (1948-82)

For Day of the Dead 2018

By Bob Boldt

Readers of my short story “Let Me Help You with That” [published here on January 30, 2016] have already been introduced to the artist Regula Zeller, who was my artistic collaborator and lover, now nearly half a century ago. We experimented on a number of film multimedia and graphics projects. I recently retrieved from storage a portfolio of her work I almost forgot I had. It was close to All Hallows Eve, and I had a dream in which Regula appeared, young, beautiful, and erotic. The dream inspired the audiovisual poem “A High Coup Calavera #5,” my annual Calavera poem in honor of Day of the Dead, which I dedicated to the artist:

Susan’s Stuff for Day of the Dead

she cries

By Susan C. Price

i love Day of the Dead, i love the decorated skull design and use it now and then in my paintings. (sounds so...lofty, is actually just what i do, like…um sewing or knitting or gardening – hmm, how many folks have i managed to offend with that attitude?)