Category Archives: Art in the world

Doing, Done, No Try

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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What else is going on?

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

First two days of a work “lunch challenge” encouraging people to bring lunch from home. Today is the anniversary of Vincent van Gogh‘s death, by suicide at age 37. Despite a widespread tendency to romanticize his ill health, modern critics … Continue reading →

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A little more of the same letter

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

Myself, I only have the choice between being a good painter or a bad one. I choose the former. — Vincent Van Gogh Continue reading →

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Using Color

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

I paint the infinite. — Vincent Van Gogh Continue reading →

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E. L. Doctorow

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Mary Beth Frezon

E.L. Doctorow and the process of writing. Continue reading →

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