I have had ideas. Some have come to life in paintings, sculpture, stories and poems. Others have withered, turned stale on small scraps of paper in my desk drawer or languished in a multitude of partly filled notebooks. On some days, small days, I think “what’s the point?” I rant, sometimes rave, and then I […]
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from Fogust to Fogtember
The fog has climbed the hill to our house once again. It softens the texture of the landscape and makes my daily walks somehow different. It seems to hold mystery as it wraps itself around the familiar landscape, sometimes revealing it, sometimes hiding it. It’s a good metaphor for my life right now – fog […]
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Sometimes inspiration comes from a stone on a beach, fog breathing up the hill from a cold ocean or wind tangled in cedar branches. Sometimes inspiration comes from a determined 16 month old hand in mine or the words of an observant almost four year old super girl. Summer gives us a warm space for […]
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Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. Thomas Merton I got lost last week in clay – or at least “re-lost”. I immersed myself in a week long course at MISSA called Handbuilding – Tricks of the Trade with instructor Vince Pitelka. For me, the course was less about […]
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I am working on a mixed media piece and have paused in its creation. It already has a name, “my days are numbered”, which is one of the things I am certain of. I am also certain of the colors I am using. They manifested as I followed my intuition. But now I hesitate. Doubt […]
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