bookmark matchmaking
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Celebrate!
The first time I celebrated my friend Martha’s birthday was in February 1968. We’d both been displaced from our homes in the States the prior summer—she from Altadena, CA, and I from Summit, NJ—and found ourselves doing our senior year of high school at the American School in London. We connected quickly through our shared Continue reading
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Bookmarking Joy in December, 3
I give free rein tomy inner horse—gallop! go!wherever you choose! Continue reading
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Bookmarking Joy in December, 1
We are now reduced to one significant choice. We can take our stand either on the side of life or on the side of death. This will never be presented to us as one large and final choice, but only as a succession of small choices, continuing to the seventh and the seven-hundredth generation. Because Continue reading
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… Find Me a Find, Catch Me a Catch!
Those of you who’ve followed me for any length of time are well aware of the fun I have painting bookmarks and then playing matchmaker on behalf of a bookmark and a book cover <https://dottyseiter.blogspot.com/2015/09/transformation.html>. Most often, the bookmarks I create are found compositions excavated from a larger piece that I’ve brought to my trusty 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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