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The Refrains of Fine Feathered Friends
What a magnificent time of year for our getaway to the coast of Maine! We spent considerable time outdoors and, with our Merlin Bird ID app, we were able to identify by sound those birds whose songs accompanied us everywhere we went. Though we didn’t see over fifty percent of the critters whose music delighted Continue reading
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Love Doesn’t Come in a Minute
Don’t even ask. Bigtime struggle with this piece. Not exactly sure how I get in my own way but am sure I do. Eventually—after trying and failing, creating one problem after another, scrapping early ideas entirely, feeling sludgy and straight-jacketed, cursing more than once, laughing more than once, walking away more than once, walking toward Continue reading
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Instead Of
For a chunk of time a number of years ago—and even now upon occasion—I used an instead-of phrase in the subject line of an email message to indicate what it was I was forgoing (by which I often meant avoiding) in order to write the message. For example, you might have received an email from Continue reading
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Unearthing Art
Hahaha—as I went to type the title to this post, I spied the following: unearthing! Wordplay aside, I took myself on another art-excavation adventure here, kicking leaves and stones out of my way, scraping with sticks, shoveling up dirt and flinging it willy-nilly, damming and rerouting streams and rivulets, trampling undergrowth, and snapping low branches, Continue reading
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Shaking Things Up
I like routines and rituals. To that end, twice a year, once in September and then again towards the end of the academic year, I sit mindfully with a self-drawn grid, with days of the week on the x-axis and until breakfast, until lunch, until dinner, and until bedtime on the y-axis. I start by Continue reading
My Story
In 2014, I grab an unexpected opportunity to paint.
To make art.
I get hooked.
In 2015 I start a blog—a diary of my life as an artist.
I post my paintings and their stories. The good, the bad, the ugly.
My compass points: bust through fear, be playful, get messy, trust my gut.
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