Tip o’ the hat to James Gurney and his fine painting vlog: The grandest and simplest things contain worlds within worlds… seeing them is a metter of the right point of view, and your painter’s eye is the special portal … Continue reading →
First off, shout out to Katie at the Jewelry Repair Center in Schodack. I took a chance one day and stopped in to see what could be done about my crystal pendant. I’d gotten it in 2006 to commemorate getting … Continue reading →
All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness. — John Ruskin And this: It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy … Continue reading →
I didn’t get the new plants potted in their big pots but I did go out and sit with them this afternoon. In front of me was the warm yellow of the daffodils still holding court in the front garden. … Continue reading →
The penultimate day of NaPoWriMo has arrived. It’s time. We’ve all got things to do. But it’s still a little sad to see NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo wind down for another year. We might be nervous on March thirty-first but April always finds … Continue reading →
The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources.
