It began the mid-1990's with the approach of fall and a stirring restlessness. Too much time indoors in front of a large workstation monitor, bathed in florescent lighting, twenty feet from the nearest window.
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Three months later I flew to Boston on a business trip. After a reflective walk around Thoreau's Walden Pond, Tawnybark was created in December, 1996. The premise, as noted at the top of the page, was simple:
Tawnybark evolved out of a desire to share the beauty of the North American landscape through art and music ...
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We posted photography, poetry and essays, conducted our first interviews, designed and sold a few t-shirts and created an instrumental CD that took listeners down the Monterey Peninsula through Carmel to Big Sur and beyond. Two years later, desiring to create a purely literary space, Creekwalker was founded in 1998 as a venue for unpublished poets and writers. For a time Creekwalker existed as a link at the top of Tawnybark's webpage. The pace was deliberately slow from the outset, like a salon or a comfortable living room in which relaxed conversations about poetry and art were fostered.
In1999 we closed down Tawnybark and created Creekwalker's first dedicated webpage. From 1999 to 2007 we published dozens of unpublished poets including selections from the Rochester Institute of Technology's Athenaeum poetry group. From 2007 to 2010 we sponsored the Creekwalker Poetry Prize, conducted interviews and spoke with numerous poets and photographers about their craft including Oliver Rice, Thom Halls and others.
In1999 we closed down Tawnybark and created Creekwalker's first dedicated webpage. From 1999 to 2007 we published dozens of unpublished poets including selections from the Rochester Institute of Technology's Athenaeum poetry group. From 2007 to 2010 we sponsored the Creekwalker Poetry Prize, conducted interviews and spoke with numerous poets and photographers about their craft including Oliver Rice, Thom Halls and others.
I retain a fascination with the work of poets, writers, photographers, painters and other artists who toil, quietly and largely unheralded, in the service of their art and expect Creekwalker will continue to play a role in bringing their work to a larger audience.
Thomas Gilbert
Carlsbad, CA
May 2017
Thomas Gilbert
Carlsbad, CA
May 2017
Thomas Gilbert holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from San Jose State University and a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology. Tom's poetry has been published in Lilipoh and online venues. His CD, Stonewater Coast, an instrumental journey down California's Monterey Peninsula through Carmel and Big Sur, is available on Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, CDBaby and other online retailers.
His current musical project, Back In The Days, will be released in August 2018.
He lives in North San Diego County where he continues to write, compose and photograph.
His current musical project, Back In The Days, will be released in August 2018.
He lives in North San Diego County where he continues to write, compose and photograph.
