Spark and Spitfire

So much beauty. So little time.

So much beauty. So little time.

Keats wrote that a thing of beauty is a joy forever. But when does someone begin to recognize a thing as “beauty”?

When A Great Tree Falls

When A Great Tree Falls

To passersby it no doubt was not a great tree, but for me, it was a great signpost, perhaps even a lodestar.

What Do You Care About?

What Do You Care About?

To create your art — in its myriad manifestations — start with the question, “What do you care about?”

Save the Art Tour I

Save the Art Tour I

To save art sometimes requires traveling thousands of miles in less than two days.

Sunrise Animal Speak

Sunrise Animal Speak

The natural world and animals speak to us every day, but yesterday at sunrise I “heard” something very rare.

Clinging to Life

Clinging to Life

The impact of a favorite childhood book can last decades.

Don’t Wait to Become Enchanted

Don’t Wait to Become Enchanted

“If we wait passively to become enchanted, we could wait a long time.” — from Enchantment by Katherine May