In Some Poetic Sense, Flowers Invented Love
Flowers are on my mind, after the super-bloom outing last month, after reading The Language of Flowers for book club, …
Category Archives: Art
Behind All Art is an Element of Desire—Adrienne Rich
Behind all art is an element of desire.Love of life, of existence, love ofanother human being, love ofhuman beings is …
Art More Real than “Me”
When poet Jorie Graham was three-years-old, she swirled her fingers through her mother’s still-wet oil painting. Her horrified mother picked …
Easter Gladness, Nobel Poet Milosz on How the World Ends & Begins Again
A Song on the End of the WorldBy Czeslaw Milosz On the day the world endsA bee circles a clover,A …
So Much Happiness – Poem and Painting
So Much Happiness by Naomi Shihab Nye For Michael It is difficult to know what to do with so much …
What Joy! Poetry in Motion in Art, Dance, & Writing
What is it about this painting by Ernie Barnes that so uplifts and inspires? That ripples with joy? That feels …
Maria Berrio and the Art of Myth-Making
In a novel I’m writing I include an origin myth of how the isthmus of Central America was created. It’s …
Fox & Friend, A Painting for My Grandson
One of the pleasures of painting is creating something special for loved ones. Both of my grandchildren have a special …
Painting Again—A Wild and Wooly Seascape
It’s been awhile. I traded in my pen for my paintbrush these last few weeks. The new novel I’ve been …
“Catching Every Falling Cup” – A Primal Urge
This phrase from my poem Brimless Being is becoming a mantra I turn to often these days. It’s about the …
