value of play
Jan 16, 2025 — The Benefits of Play for Adults · Relieve stress. · Improve brain function. · Stimulate the mind and boost creativity. · Improve relationships and … (HelpGuide.Org) I’m inviting you to play. Before I start creating my art on silk, I’m always thinking about: Play! Play! Play! In my most recent exploration, I was taking the […]
a little bit excited
Have you ever worked on something that seems to be coming to fruition, finally? It has taken a lot of effort, a lot of time, and just a bit of thought. Perhaps hopes. Add dreams. I’m finally getting my most recent new offerings ready. For you! And here they come – colors tumbling toward you. […]
loving color/playing with words
Who doesn’t love to play? For me…I love to play with color. And I love to play with words. I work with silk: that I dye and paint as my art form. And I know that this precious material comes from China. And that art in China has a whole different history than ours : […]
not easy times
These are the woods after the latest snow – ice – rain – wind storm. Ouch! The walking is difficult to say it mildly. I just got these really good crampons and THANK GOODNESS! I could walk on a piece of glass with these, it seems. Underfoot it’s glass that at one step might break […]
seeing through colors
Do you every take an idea and run with it? You love how you can take it further. And then further. Run, run, run! I’m still playing with this seeing through idea. The backdrop for my fascination with how you see is this: I didn’t have 3D vision until my eye operation at age 3. […]
seeing through
Have you ever heard that dismissal: “I can see right through that”? It’s not a nice question. It’s not meant as a compliment. But in this piece of art: I want people to see right through. I want the silk and the silk’s environment to all be part of the experience. Foreground and background playing […]
play
It was snowing yesterday and I noticed on Instagram post by my friend from long ago (Hi Neige!). She was out skiing. The snow here wasn’t blinding snow. No blurred vision. But enough snow to enjoy and … bring back more memories. Of skiing. You get triggered like this, right? You see a photo of […]
rage
Have you ever hit rage? Where this (above) becomes this (below)? (my rage scarf) I tell you, if there is one thing that will send you up a wall, it’s Lyme. It takes over your life. Not only does is hurt and steal your nights, but day after day there is this medication or that […]
it’s definitely winter
There’s snow. Beautiful snow. And then… there’s COLD. Ouch! It’s really cold. Have you noticed??? And cold is not something I grew up with in Virginia. For me, cold was associated with New England. With skiing. My mother grew up in New England and she loved to ski. At some point, she decided that we […]
ease
On the playground, do you remember wanting to be THE BEST? Jump higher, last longer. If you didn’t want that, you probably knew who did. That STRONG person. As I am recovering – now in my second year- from falling on my left hip, I see two very different practitioners: one is western medicine/ Medicare […]
