Burning Bushes Everywhere, The Art of Makoto Fujimura
“There are burning bushes everywhere, burning yet not consumed, and our lives can be just as miraculous. Our Making can …
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The Radical Humanism in Alice Neel’s Artwork
I knew nothing of Alice Neel or her artwork until I came across a retrospective of her at the MET …
Albert Ryder, A Wild Note of Longing
He’s considered by many the father of American modern art, and yet I’d never heard of him until visiting the …
Satie’s Gnossienne, Forking Paths, and Time’s Ever Presence
Time-travelling—that’s what it feels like when listening to Erik Satie’s Gnossienne. When I close my eyes and let the music …
Titian in a Venetian Palace in Downtown Boston, Or Lost in Time and Space
That’s how I felt visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum when visiting Boston a few weeks ago. I went to …
Multiple Layers of Reality in Film, and in Us
In several of his films, Ingmar Bergman plays with the notion of multiple layers of reality. This can be seen …
Touch and Texture, What Satisfies the Eye
I’ve always loved the intricacy of highly textured things, in art as well as in the natural world, like tree …
The Truth Will Always Be
Every day I spend listening to music, sometimes stretches as long as five or more hours at a time, while …
The Joy of Sailing in Song, Poetry & Art
I came across this much beloved sailing poem recently, which captures so beautifully and vividly my own exuberant experiences at …
A Glimpse Into the Studios (and Minds) of Famous Artists
Aside from her paint brushes, we don’t see much of Georgia O’Keefe’s studio here, but I couldn’t resist including her …
