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Question Exchange with Fellow Creative, Part 5
digestif after yoga class, the poet-artist gives her frienda ride home and her friend says, wanna join me for lunch?sure!, she says, and they pokearound and cobble togetherwhat they decide to upgrade to a “luncheon,” findinga little of this and a little of that to fill the rolesof appetizer (tortilla chips), soup (tomato juice), salad (celery sticks), main course Continue reading
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Question Exchange with Fellow Creative, Part 3
piatto principale the main course of creating,according to my poet/artist friend’s way of thinking,is not a particular meal or dish but, instead,an actual course—a flow, a pathway, a series of illuminatingmoments, an alchemy, a transcendence,a transformation, a lived experience highlysensory and immediate,a space outside of time and place,a threshold consciousnesswith which she becomes one,inhabiting it Continue reading
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Question Exchange with Fellow Creative, Part 2
soup and salad gotta say, i never tire of watching my friend who writespoems and makes art.here she is in soup-and-salad mode in her creative space, no recipe i can see, no mise en place.she just grabs whatever mightserve her rough “plan” and begins with a turn of phrase, then maybe a simile. if she can’t find a word she Continue reading
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Question Exchange with Fellow Creative
appetizers the everyday no-nonsense part of a particular artist i knowleans toward eat-to-live rather than live-to eat. this gal, god love her,doesn’t snack, rarely nibbles while she preps food,is disinclined to have any kind of happy hour where she sits out on the back deckbefore a meal to whet her appetitewith crackers or cheese or 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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