deciding
Snow day! Eclipse day! Let’s move some pieces of fabric around day! (exclamations day!) Randomly. I was reading an article in the New Yorker by Joshua Rothman on decision making. In it he references Tolstoy’s War and Peace, where the Russian general is asking himself: what decision did he make that ended up with Napoleon […]
“linked in”
I’m not an internet savvy person. And, for some reason, it’s not at the top of my list. I seem to be more interested in getting outside or messing with other things. Like my fabric or getting this house kind of fixed up. But I’m friends with people who have the skills I lack. And […]
dog’s life
Do more! Make more money! Find more “friends”! Feel the pressure to achieve. Feel the pressure. Or not. The alternative? I look at my pup. Living in the moment. Wagging her tail. Making up fun. Loving her food. Falling asleep anywhere. Aaaaaaaah. The only drawback in her life? Peaches doesn’t see color. No color. Now, […]
more of the fifth
There are times in your life when all there seems to be is action. Action. Action. It’s needed. It has to be done. You can’t get from A to B without picking up your stuff and moving it. Physically. And then, friends come. Family come. And a new baby. Not the same kind of action. […]
that fifth element
I can recall certain moments when I was struck by space in a painting. Not in a painting that hangs in the Met, some world reknowned piece. No. A painting that was in process. In one instance there was a figure of a rope. The rope loosely followed the form of a circle, and as […]
the fifth element
I’m out with the pup. Out in the air. Out walking on frozen water. Out moving quickly to keep warm, to keep the “fire” going inside. We’re exploring our earth. Our big earth. Earth, fire, water and air. I’ve mentioned four elements. So what is the fifth? I hadn’t considered a fifth element until … […]
what is seen?
I need to see. I need to really see what colors I’m using for my art. And guess what? Sunlight and shadows can totally kill my ability to see any color. Ooops – time to move where I’m doing my art. Or at least where I’m choosing the colors. So I can see. I was […]
baby
She came on December 26. Cecilia. New to this world. So much to understand. How to be. To be picked up. To be fed. To be touched. To let in light. To let the dark soothe. To let out sound. To let in noises. To feel empty and full and comfortable and not comfortable and […]
outside
I’m the only one on this trail that is well traveled in warmer months. The colors? Black and white almost. I’ve ventured out, away from the art I just started. Just started! Yes, I opened these bags filled with small squares of silk color: remnants of work that I’d done in past years. Waiting for […]
made it!
Isn’t it crazy that we use the words “made it” to mean, on one hand : made by hand. On the other: got to this place. Yeah.I made it to Maine. And yeah, I made it: all that stuff piled up in the photo that I brought along with me. As opposed to the house […]
