whelm
This is Peaches. Riding the waters. Riding the “whelm”. Whelm? There doesn’t seem to be any rolling wave action here, does there? But, in some sense, do you feel as if we’re all riding a forward momentum together? We don’t want to let the wave ride over us/ overwhelm. But we might be okay, sometimes […]
smell the roses
You’re told BUY THIS NOW. Or: eat this food. Don’t ever eat that one. Exercise this way, this much. Etc. What happened to “smell the roses”? I think back on instructions and recall the very different ways that my four children handled them in kindergarten. Which is all about staying in line. In all kinds […]
ever widening world
How come it’s not working? Have you asked that, when you get something back. It’s not quite right. I got this cloth back today, printed with this image I had shared in an earlier post: I was so excited when it arrived. And then… realized that there was a problem. Perspective, I’ll call it. No. […]
soul nourishment
Who doesn’t need some soul nourishment just about now? It’s hot. Your mind isn’t always on the best thoughts. You feel … less than great. I know that one. If there’s one crummiest ever aspect of Lyme disease, it’s waking up every morning with a body that hurts. And then asking myself: how to not […]
how?
I don’t know if you’ve come up with an idea that seemed so straightforward and then the journey is …. anything but that? Years ago, as I’ve shared, I made art that I was reproduced on pillows. Since then, I created more art. This past winter when I was laid low with crummy Lyme and […]
it: art
What does the word art mean, anyway? When you hear it, do you think of a Georgia O’Keefe painting or a MIchelangelo work – something FAMOUS? Or is it more amorphous for you: the way you live your life, the design of your garden, the special furniture piece, the imported rug… something you create? Something […]
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 […]