If you truly believe in flirting and where it leads, of the powerful connections it has through people and words, gestures and such…then fall in love all over again with Tim’m West and Red Dirt Publishing’s latest release. True to tone, tongue and unselfish sharing of unique, deep and sometimes painful life journeys of the heart, Tim’m doesn’t disappoint in Flirting.

I’ve always thought of flirting as an art-form, a wonderful, wholesome, sometimes almost dangerous dance of human spirits and connections, and I ran a hot bath, pushed play on the DVD and seated my naked body in bubbles that hugged, and I never stopped reading except occasionally to warm the water. Through a flirt with the truths that define, redefine, or even line us up with our respective places in life, Tim’m explores family connections, the kids who he has touched (and in turn have touched him), his connect and disconnect with being his fathers son but his own man, and his mothers boy but his fathers boy too, and he flirts with women and girls, men and the world, marriage and even gender roles and love, the way we all individually and deeply define, but sometimes never have the words to express or the voice to share. I became a naked soul smiling, laughing and snapping at yahoo blues, and full and empty all at once. The laments of breaths had me holding on, breathing deeply, and I became fragile, like red dirt, wondering what do I call this, and how my sum total would add up…and then, just then, a love ritual was defined. West flirts with life, and in that flirts with death, and loss, and loss of love and all the possibilities of it. Flirting is a powerful connection, and I’m in love all over again – with the artists, the words, the connection to life and my life, and to possibilities.

If you haven’t journeyed with this poignant writer through Red Dirt Revivals and Blakkboy Blue(s) or seen him live at Front Porch or in collaboration with Brave Soul Collective or Deep Dickolletive, your soul hasn’t really been moved. Discover or rediscover a very raw and incredible talent! An incredible read from an author, poet, activist and artist whose work is molded out of the best of life stuff that we can all swallow up.



Flirting
Tim’m T. West
Red Dirt Publishing
ISBN-10: 0-9748143-3-4
(150 pages, paperback) ($15.03)
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