Contempt in High Places
Remember Leona Helmsley, “Only the little people pay taxes”? Remind you of Donald Trump about to barge into the White House in flamboyant disregard of …
Black experience, flip and deep
I need to write this. Now. I’d heard of a prize-winning novel by a black man writing of black experience. A quick search turned up …
Parisians Being Parisian
Whenever I go somewhere I come away wondering what I’ve missed. In Paris not what streets I didn’t follow, but rather on the trodden streets …
A Paris, of Many
Paris is simultaneously so many adjectives why pretend yours is more valid than Jean Paul the taxi-driver’s, or Walid the TV historian’s or Julia Child …
Wednesday in Paris
Rhythmic Parisian shopping carts by Sloan Nota It's now going on 10pm in Wednesday Paris -- the local supermarket is closed. Who knew? Following the …
After They’ve Seen Pareeee
Tonight I fly off to live a long-held dream — to live a month in Paris, France. The apartment is rented, the list of succulent places is set, …
Diane Savona Sees Beyond Cloth
Diane Savona — her textile work wows me with its ingenuity, personal vision, its way of making more than you’d expect of little. A thinker. All …
Ceramics, Drifting Clouds
Cloud image, copyright free from free-images.com I was basking on a bench today while small clouds drifted slow as sun-softened cows across the sky. Because today I saw the …
An Eyeful
Muybridge race horse animated 184px Dear readers - Some of you know that I carry two diseases of the retinas. Usually I can move quite …
Art or Heartbreak of Tuesday
I’ve just received a heart-rending book of photographs. It’s by Nick Brandt who has photographed and worked tirelessly with his Big Life Foundation with the wild elephants, lions and …
Art of Tuesday, Paintless Color Play
After last week’s post about liquid colored light I’ve wondered if you could mix them and how they might be used in art. Piped through …
Beauty of Tuesday – Liquid Light
I’ve been out of town for a week enjoying Florida wildlife and palmy views. Today’s blog focuses on beauty rather than art — an article this …
Wildman Humanist, Folkert de Jong
This blog’s Art of Tuesday feature will use the spotlighted artist’s name in the title rather than Art of Tuesday — for clarity, the gods of …
Anti Randomness
I’m a firm believer that if you toss a handful of pick-up-sticks — or an armload of giftwrap rolls — in the middle of a …
Art of Tuesday, 022216
Once you see the ceramic hybrids of Gerard Ferrari, they may wander in the back of your mind for weeks. He promiscuously combines beastie …
Art of Tuesday, 021416
Sophie Dickens, British Sculptor (all artworks shown here are from her website) Sophie Dickens has a sense of dynamics deep in her bones. The bodily mechanics …
Everything Between 2D and 3D
Love Lost by Sloan Nota, collage. Copyright Sloan Nota. via artist's collection. I discovered both myself and my art while making impromptu collages. Paper, x-acto and glue, books …
The Art of Tuesday, 020916
Try to take in that over 7 billion minds are alive with you on Earth today. While you’re focused on your thing a Chinese fisherman focuses on his cormorant. He’s …
Architectural Message of Chartres Cathedral
Medieval accounts tell of riders passing amid long fields until at last they see the spires of Chartres Cathedral begin rising into view. On the brink …
Happy Winterfest Dear Humans!
[youtube]https://youtu.be/RDZu04v7_hc[/youtube] It’s hard not to smile as three robo-reindeer prance smartly ahead of this sleigh. A few fluffy antlers waggle, heads are proud and high. …