Learning and creating: an affirmation
Acorn is in a painting class this semester. It's almost complete (finals are next week). Watching them tackle their assignments has motivated me to spend more time painting....
ArtA collection of 6 posts
Art holds a space for us.
From my desk, this painting is in my line of sight. It sits atop our kitchen cabinets. My eyes drift to it when I'm thinking about something I&...
A safe space
I spent my afternoon poking a needle and thread through a painting. I listened to the last hour of How To Be An Artist and followed it up with a...
Missing mountains
Part of moving to the Midwest, after living most of my life on the West Coast, is scanning the horizon around me and finding it mountainless. Since living here, I...
Eyes open. Butt in chair.
Our life experience will equal what we have paid attention to, whether by choice or default. – William James I finished "The Art of Noticing" by Rob Walker. I...
Birdishness: thoughts and art
You know how different types of birds have different group names other than simply a flock of birds? There's a gaggle of geese, a gulp of comorants, and...