Category Archives: Do the Work

NaHaiWriMo Day 19

Listen to the snow, •
the blue jays and chickadees •
shouting above it. Continue reading →

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Super Bowl Haiku and other voices

You cannot get there by bus, only by hard work, risking and by not quite knowing what you are doing. What you will discover will be wonderful: Yourself. – Alan Alda Continue reading →

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So says Mr. Wyeth

I plan to browse through three years of doing a month of writing poetry to see how it’s been for me so I can write something about it. Continue reading →

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Why you should pay attention to your own work

After a while all kinds of painting becomes just painting for you — abstract or otherwise. Being anti-traditional is just as corny as being traditional. – Jackson Pollock Continue reading →

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Are you a real ___________?

It takes some guts to shrug your shoulders (preferably in front of them) and say ‘so what’. Continue reading →

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