Living in the Liminal—Permeable and Transparent
I’ve been reading (again) Jane Hirshfield’s Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry, a collection of essays on the art …
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Between Dusk and Dawn a New Year Appears to Appear
And yet we know it’s all just one continuous unfolding as one day or year slips seamlessly into the next. …
“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 …
Capturing the Spirit of Our Kindred Cousins
Sculptor Nichola Theakston works in bronze and ceramics to capture the spirit of creatures found in her native Wales and …
Beauty the Brave, the Exemplary, Bursting Open
What is it about the fragile, fleeting, and flagrant beauty of flowers that can so break a heart? I wrote …
Immersed in My Art, Finally
Please Do Not Disturb: That’s how I’ve felt these past few months, and even more so these past few weeks, …
Wonder & Worship, Poems for Easter
Primary Wonder, by Denise Levertov Days pass when I forget the mystery.Problems insoluble and problems offeringtheir own ignored solutionsjostle for …
Faith Ringgold’s Story-Telling Tapestries
The richness of Faith Ringgold’s textured artwork dazzles me. She had been ignore for so long in the artworld, but …
Blue & Gold: The Colors of Democracy in Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Blue and gold are my favorite colors, so much so I created a Pinterest page named Blue & Gold to …
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 …
