Tag Archive | art
THE NOT-SO-MAD HATTER
“The Joyous Leaping of Uncanned Salmon” by T. Geisel Theodore Geisel collected hats. He even encouraged visitors to wear one of his hats when they came to call. Hats were an obsession with him, and there were many which were weird enough to have been created especially for the characters in the books he wrote […]
SHADOWS OF OUR ANCESTORS
“Large porcelain raku pot” “Shadows of Our Ancestors” watercolor painting by kayti sweetland rasmussen I’m not sure how I feel about so-called “ancient memory”; the qualities, gifts or understanding we may inherit from a forebear, though it is true that we certainly can inherit appearance, and certain other characteristics and mannerisms from those who have […]
THE SPORT OF FALCONRY
We stopped into a funky little store in Pescadero for an ice cream cone, and were surprised to see the young man behind the counter holding a hooded falcon on his hand. Never having seen a falcon up close and personal, we were fascinated with the creature. The young man was a member of a […]
ATTAINING BALANCE THROUGH MEDITATION
Meditation doesn’t have to involve sitting cross-legged on the floor trying to clear your mind. The pleasure of losing oneself in something beautiful or meaningful such as art or music answer this need abundantly. Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir, “Eat, Pray, Love” tells about her four month visit to Italy where she grew several sizes larger, while […]
WHAT IS ART?
What is art? Like a poem that pushes the boundaries of language to say what is somehow beyond saying, art can both express an esthetic vision and articulate previously silent or unheard voices. It can profoundly change the way we view and think about our world and reflect afresh what we have seen too often […]
PEOPLE WATCHING
As an artist, I am a people watcher. I may not remember your name, but I will always remember your face. I remember a woman I never met who was sitting on the front steps of an apartment building ten years ago. She was a black woman wearing a bright dashiki and a colorful scarf around […]
TATTOO
Whether to scarify or beautify, man has marked his body in some form or other since time began. The idea seems to be: since we have skin, we may as well decorate it. Hair has this quality of change as well. Which of us is satisfied “as is”. It’s like advertising a house for sale […]
A New Sculpture
kilnIt has been a long night. Too excited to sleep, I have worked and reworked this new project in my mind. These are the sculptures I most enjoy creating. The one’s just for me, just because I want to. Not someone else’s preconceived idea, or a gallery which wants more of what you have already […]
