Art

  • Ignite — 9/27/24

    Do these about cartoons about art exhibitions unleash your inner art enthusiast? Continue reading

    Ignite — 9/27/24
  • Play Write

    “The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct.” — Carl Jung Continue reading

    Play Write
  • Ignite — 9/20/24

    “We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.” — Bob Ross Honestly? Continue reading

    Ignite — 9/20/24
  • Our Devoted Friend, Jan

    “I read a review of the new Philip Roth biography the other day. The author quotes Roth saying, ‘aging is a massacre.’ I agree!” — our devoted friend, Jan, April 5, 2121, 20 days before her cancer diagnosis. Continue reading

    Our Devoted Friend, Jan
  • Going to Pieces

    I was addicted, but how I became addicted wasn’t all that puzzling. Continue reading

    Going to Pieces
  • Blinded by the Light

    What was that thing in the middle of the field? A dead animal? A blanket? Worse, a baby wrapped in a blanket? Continue reading

    Blinded by the Light
  • Eye Openings 11/19/20

    Why had I purchased 200+ pieces of art for a small, 840-square-foot home with limited wall space? Continue reading

    Eye Openings 11/19/20
  • The Next Chapter

    Carrying around an untold story is a bitch. Continue reading

    The Next Chapter
  • The Cruelest Month — Part One

    “April is the cruelest month,” begins T.S. Eliot’s poem, The Wasteland, regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century. That line came to me a couple of times during the past week because of the deaths… Continue reading

    The Cruelest Month — Part One
  • Little Lighthouses

    Ever perfunctorily greet and walk past a stranger at 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning who then yells after you, ‘Hey! What’s the most beautiful thing you’ve seen this morning?” Stunned, I told the stranger about the adult and adolescent… Continue reading

    Little Lighthouses