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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: art

Recipe for a Painting: Durrell on Venice at Dawn

August 24, 2018

Quote of the Week “These thoughts belong to Venice at dawn, seen from the deck of the ship which is …

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Art Enhances a Sense of Wonder & Mystery

August 18, 2018

Quote of the Week “Art has the power to make any spot on earth the living center of the universe; …

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“The Raw Nerve of the Universe”

August 10, 2018

Quote of the Week  “We writers are the raw nerve of the universe. Our job is to go out and …

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More Feeling Than Memory: Flowing Leaves, A Swirl of Fish

May 20, 2018

Lately I’ve been leaning toward the abstract in my painting, but it’s hard to resist that representational pull. Especially when …

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New Paintings – Tangled Limbs, Roots & Rocks

May 16, 2018

I haven’t been painting this year as much as last. But I wanted to share a few that will probably …

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Fascinating Faces, Tao & the Arts

April 23, 2018

Some works of art speak to you on a level that is hard to define. You gaze and are drawn …

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Immersed in One’s Art

April 20, 2018

There’s something immensely satisfying to see Helen Frankenthaler immersed in her art this way. I found this image on Facebook, …

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“Divine Bodies” at the Asian Art Museum

April 16, 2018

During my trip to San Francisco last weekend we visited the Asian Art Museum, which was featuring an exhibition of …

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Recognition for “Slow Swirl at the Edge of Time”

March 26, 2018

I entered a local art show for the first time this month and was surprised and pleased to get recognition …

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“Water Falling Through Sunlight” – Poem & Paintings for Troubled Times

March 17, 2018

September, 1918 This afternoon was the color of water falling through sunlight; The trees glittered with the tumbling of leaves; …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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