Taking Art to the Street and Promoting Peace
This is an image of an installation in Brazil of artist, JR. Tomorrow, 2 March at 5:00 pm Pacific Time, JR will reveal his wish to change the world. He has been given this year’s TED prize and will receive help in making his wish come true. You can learn more about JR on the [...]
The Gift of the Holidays
It is the season for giving, although artist seem to always be giving of themselves. As many of you know this autumn has been a challenge for my family, although there are many who face challenges beyond my imagination. Earlier, I was asked if I would be willing to donate some of my work to [...]
Kindness
Kindness never harms anyone! I hope someone is kind to you today and you are kind in turn.
Left-Brained Stress
It seems all I am getting done these days are quick sketches. I have to say it doesn’t feel all that good as I am still inundated with left-brained activities. My current focus is for this all to stop as we (in the northern hemisphere) head into the autumn months. I am so ready to [...]
Do you recognize the good when you are in the middle of it?
Is our society so involved with the negative that we can’t see the positive? It seems society, as a whole, is so focused on the negative that when we have good times we don’t even recognize them until they have past. If that is so, how do we enjoy each day? I suppose we can [...]
100th Anniversary!
No Silly, that doesn’t mean me! The place I visited is celebrating it’s 100th Anniversary of being a National Park. Do you know it? Here is another hint… This is beargrass and grows up high in alpine regions. Do you know now? Okay, so these are the ones who really like the beargrass, and I [...]
Finding Grace in Life
Grace happens, it seems to me, when lives touch. We each have the opportunity to find it each time. The exciting part is we get to choose it.
DC Door
Sweet Little Door in Washington, DC A little door found while walking through a DC neighborhood. I couldn’t resist doing this little doodle. I continue with some sketching through these hot summer days and consider the goodness of slow art. I hope you are staying cool.
New Landscapes
The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust …I will add, new landscapes never hurt, however
What Does A Painting Mean To You?
As you know from my previous post, I am enjoying Peter Clothier‘s book, Persist. There is so much packed in this tiny book, I wonder if I will ever stop contemplating it all. One of the subjects he brings up is how visual artist have it hard because this is one area where often the [...]