a little off
I woke up today all hot and bothered. Not a bit like the image above with its delicate details of snow blowing across the ice. More like – it’s been too long not doing art. Two days and I’m bent out of shape… I was listening while riding in the car, and they were talking […]
caring
Part of the landscape’s mind – it’s memories, connections, rhythms – is…held in human consciousness ~ David George Haskell’s, The Songs of Trees. When I found this place on Squam Lake 30 years ago, I fell in love with the old boathouse. It was on, really on, the lake. What I didn’t seem to notice at the […]
how many —- artists does it take?
I was up on a ladder using this new kind of suction cup thing to unscrew a light bulb. I finally noticed I’d disconnected the bulb part from the socket. I phoned my fix-it friend and he advised me to use needle nose plyers. They worked. And I thought to myself, “How many dumb artists […]
MSH
Clean up that dirty river. MHS. Make Shit Happen. That was the name of a group started by Shoemaker in the 1970’s to clean up the Platte River in Denver. MHS targeted industry that was dumping waste. And now, how many years later: you can swim in that river that runs right through the city. […]
my valentine
I was up hiking in the – well, cold- early morning. I came across this gorgeous view of Squam Lake in winter. In summer, would there be a view? Thanks Peaches for getting me up there. Yeah, I thought I knew this area. It turns out that in winter you look for footprints. You look […]
the eyes
The Olympics are coming soon and I happened to be perusing an article on the skeleton. I had never heard of the sport. From what I understand, the participants ride these sleds down this ice track going up to 90 miles an hour. Horrifying. But what interested me most was that the most minute action […]
what money can’t buy
I found this bookmark from the Wordery Bookstore with this great quote: You can’t buy happiness but you can buy books. Yeah!!! AND, I thought: You can’t buy happiness but you can buy art. Right? As an artist, I know that if a certain amount of time goes by and I haven’t been doing my work, […]
feminism/imperfection
The other night I was trying to find a certain show on TV (me? I never watch TV). But I ended up watching another show that I had heard about. It was very funny. But what I noticed was how casual it was. How easy-going. Not like the many decades ago of TV that I […]
the middle way
(trial hanging a few pieces of fabric) I’m getting near to the point I can put the pieces in place for this wall hanging I’ve been working on for so long. It’s got me all on edge. Partly because, even now, when I mess up, I need to go back to square one. Like the […]
other
I was trying to capture the crystalline formations on the surface of the newly formed ice in this photo. And then there is my dock rope. Not so natural, I would think. But then, I just was reading in D. G. Haskell’s The Songs of Trees: The belief that nature is an Other, a separate […]
