As an artist, I sometimes encounter these delicious flashes, an “a-ha!” revelation. For example, I remember the specific time when I was doing a drawing of a chair, and I realized that if I filled in the background surrounding it,…
Footprints. On the lake side, there is the sweet mink dropping by. Don’t you love the delicacy? On the other side, evidence of… me and the 2 pooches. Big difference. But then, these 2 little beings bring me a lot…
In Instagram, you can choose a filter for the way you want to see your photo. In New England, I’m in some larger “Instagram” – and today it’s the moon filter. I love that I get to watch the world…
The camera didn’t completely capture the colors of the rings around the moon – they were much more orange. Captivating. My attention is constantly on nature: the weather, the moon, now the snow. And today, yes, it’s snowing. One snow…
The temperature went below zero last night. In this kind of weather (girl from the south speaking), I feel like I’m accomplishing something getting the wood in and the snow clear – just staying warm. Even my art looks like:…
It snowed yesterday – notice the blurry outdoors light. A lot of the snow blew off the dock, but enough remained today to capture the footprints of my local mink. I loved that he climbed the ladder (!) and then…
I realized, in re-reading my last post, that “you” may not be like me. You may not have walls hung with art. And maybe you don’t notice the outdoors – the dawn and sunset. And even if you do, you…
It’s the beginning of the day. No firm thoughts. No to-do list. Your mind is at it’s most formless. And what you see: it’s not a shape. Not defined. It’s color. Easy. Soothing. You can remain in the child place.…
You love the art you own. Each piece you picked out and hung on the wall and now… it’s part of the wall. It looks as good as the day you hung it there. You love that it looks always…