In June, I’ll be taking a week-long plein air watercolor class with Tony Conner of Bennington VT via IS183.org which holds classes throughout the Berkshires. A couple years ago I did a one day class with them at the Clark. … Continue reading →
Tonight I sorted through the paint bag that lives in the car. I was trying to make a lighter bag, because you know it’s hard to haul all that stuff up hills etc. I was a little amazed (and embarrassed) … Continue reading →
‘Despair, or folly?’ said Gandalf. ‘It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as … Continue reading →
Happy May Day! I took myself on a little vacation from writing today, after writing a poem each day for all of April. It was warm and mostly sunny and I had reserved a spot in a rare books something … Continue reading →
It’s good to jot down words: a line of conversation, two words or three that appear on the windshield during the drive to work good to capture them in the dailyness of life snatching them from wherever words and ideas … Continue reading →
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.
