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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
in Bath
“What attracts me … is that it’s not ‘about’ something …- it just IS something.” (Laura Hoptman, Art in America, 1/2019). I’m walking back from the dog park. Only a salt marsh sits between me and this massive object that reverberates with the clang-clang of iron moved from place to place. Bath Iron Works. Huge. […]
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 […]
here and there
I’ve looked out my window for years now and seen lake and mountains. In a month, I’ll look out of the window of another house and see woods. Lovely open Maine woods. I’m not moving per se. This house will be home. And, well, that house will be home as well, I hope. I’ve bought […]
tides
my horses hiding the thunderstorm Years ago, I was having a tough time at one point. Really tough. So much so that I couldn’t make sense of what was going on. It’s times like that – midst confusion and darkness – that truth stands out like a shaft of light. So, I vividly recall my […]
owning
At this time of year, I tell my daughter, you feel as if you own the lake. It feels like it’s just us, no one else around. And – well, here she is with a friend in the kayaks. At sunset. With Peaches watching. I love that feeling. “Owning” a space. Like its yours. Or […]
what I see
I’m reading this wildly interesting book on Alexander Humboldt (by Andrea Wulf) who was one of the first environmentalists. I’m early in the book and, although he’s German, he’s finally gotten funding from the Spanish king to explore the New World – this is around the time of the Napoleonic wars. He is so excited […]
