understood in retrospect
Have you discovered something inadvertantly, and then you want it for everyone? That was true for me in terms of my art. In terms of my art on cloth. Which… yes, I found in Colorado. Okay, not that summer of hiking high peaks. Although that summer was definitely the reason I applied to the University […]
home sweet home
Do you know that Bob Marley song about the little birds? “Woke up this morning, smiled at the rising sun” (something like that..) And the little birds sing to him. So yesterday morning, I myself woke up and …. I walked out the front door and “Whoosh!” I felt a wind pass by me and […]
that moment
Do you remember a moment when your life changed? When you had only known one way to think of yourself and then… wow! Here’s another? I was born in Virginia, 72 years ago. That’s a while ago. I went to the local girls Episcopalian high school. I had never been away on my own. The […]
start with yellow
Start with yellow. That was Kaji Aso’s instruction, day one of water color class at the Museum School in Boston, years ago. Kaji, or Master Aso, as he preferred to be called, was from Japan. And he knew that: in the daytime, all we see was infused with the sun. Yellow. I was painting a […]
summer!
Who doesn’t LOVE summer? As a child, summer meant days outside: from the cool morning light to saturated sun overhead into the purple light of evening. Summer meant long days playing – what? Horses, of course. If I wasn’t riding the horse, I was pretending to be the horse. My friend, Lisa Wilhelm, and I […]
that’s cool
Do you remember when you heard that? “That’s coo-o-o-ol.” What is the expression these days? Right now, “that’s cool” sounds like exactly what I want to hear. No more heat wave, heat dome,. Enough hot. I grew up in Virginia where the humid warm summer air could feel like a blanket. No AC. Just the […]
visitors : heartwarming
You fell. You have an illness. Or both. Last fall, I managed to fall off a wall and break my femur head (= total hip replacement). At the time I had relatively recently been diagnosed with Lyme disease, which took years to identify. So when my sister and her almost 23 year old daughter offer to […]
The Earth Moves Under My Feet
Or is it me moving? How do you feel when you’re up in the air, flying? Excited? Apprehensive? Not so sure?It’s always a little scary for me, even though I’ve flown many times.I don’t know:Will the plane be on time? Will I hit bad weather? Will it land safely? DId I pack everything I need? […]
subdued
The crunch of crusty snow underfoot. The cold wind in your face. The woods to yourself. It’s February. Peaches loves February. Sniffing for scents of animals who have left tracks in the snow. Or, rather, ON the snow. Me? Well. This winter? It’s tough. A lot of ice. A lot of lousy footing. Kind of […]
oh dear
How timely. I just finished reading a book on Ai Wei Wei. It’s his autobiography which is more about who he is than a display of his artwork. But WHO he is = so impressive. Not only for the excruciating circumstances of his childhood years in Maoist China but also his recent term in jail. […]
