Immigrants With Pets
–––––– I’m enjoying the pleasures of writing with pointed words — as if this administration was Saint Sebastian and my arrows would sink in. –––––– …
–––––– I’m enjoying the pleasures of writing with pointed words — as if this administration was Saint Sebastian and my arrows would sink in. –––––– …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 — her textile work wows me with its ingenuity, personal vision, its way of making more than you’d expect of little. A thinker. All …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Once you see the ceramic hybrids of Gerard Ferrari, they may wander in the back of your mind for weeks. He promiscuously combines beastie …
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 …
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 …
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 …