Soul-Searching in a Sea of Images
I stayed up late last night, way past my bed time, searching Pinterest for images to save to my boards.It …
Category Archives: Art
Mothers & Other Lovers, Compelling Art
What makes compelling art? Why do I find this image of mother and child, and the ones below, so powerful and …
Pinterest, My New Guilty Pleasure
I’ve been on a Pinterest kick lately that’s taken me into the wee hours of the morning, searching for images …
Sweet Whispery Sounds for a Wintry Afternoon – The Moon Song
I don’t know what it is I love about this song by Karen O, which debuted in Her, the acclaimed …
Downward into Darkness on Extended Wings
Wallace Stevens’ poem “Sunday Morning” ends with these lines: We live in an old chaos of the sun, Or old …
Getting Serious about Our Life’s Work
I read Steven Pressfield’s book “The War of Art” not long ago and followed up with its sequel “Turning Pro: Tap …
Song from a Dream – “My Queen’s Soul Lies Naked”
My dreams have always been enticingly rich and evocative. Often it’s as if I’m watching an elaborate film in gorgeous …
“I See You But Do You See Me?” – Artist Marc Clamage, Bearing Witness
Since my last post, I discovered another artist who refuses to turn away. He bears witness one face at a time by …
Bearing Witness – Refusing to Turn Away
I found this painting of a beggar at the blog site of an artist that I admire. She found it …
Layers of Reality in Bergman’s “Franny and Alexander,” and in Us
In several of his films, Ingmar Bergman plays with the notion of multiple layers of reality. This can be seen …
