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 …
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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 …
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 …
Writing Again, Loving It
I’m working again on that novel I wrote about in The White Hot Flow of Writing some time ago. I …
Neruda: Drunk With the Great Starry Void
One of my favorite poets, again, swept me off my feet, expressing the inexpressible with perfect eloquence. Poetry And it …
Tapping into the Unconscious – The Art of Sohan Qadri
When I first encountered one of Sohan Qadri’s paintings, I was plunged like a pebble into a still pool, radiating ripples of …
Bearing Witness – Art that Hurts, Art that Heals
So much of art-making is bearing witness–to things we love, to things that wound. And often they are the same …
Perfect Pairings – Klee and cummings
I’ve long been a huge fan of Paul Klee’s paintings and e.e. cummings’ poetry, and for similar reasons: their playfulness …
Ta-Da! My New Home Studio
After having pumped it up, I hope it isn’t a let-down to those who have been waiting to see it, …
Wrapping Up 2017, Embracing New & Old Loves
Discovering New Loves – Painting 2017 was the year I revealed my newly discovered passion for painting, and dared to …
