
Category Archives: Art in the world
The Eve of April
A yearly tradition of waiting for April and NaPoWriMo to begin. Happy writing everyone! Continue reading
Take Home Quote of the Day
To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place…I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”
? Elliott Erwitt Continue reading
Happy Mailbox
I’m sending out daily haiku for the annual World Peace Poetry Postcard Festival and had received two cards followed by a pause. Got a fabulous card Saturday and today hit the jackpot with four more! Continue reading
Gathering encouragement and inspiration
We all need some encouragement and ideas on how to proceed… so when people, artists you admire, talk about their work and lives, take a moment and listen. And like Ted Kooser says – throw a lot of horseshoes. Continue reading
Using Technology to Communicate and Connect
One of the best things to come out of the pandemic was the embracing of things like Zoom, YouTube, Facebook live etc for communicating. We got to be live with people far away and spread out and sometimes who we might never had had the chance to spend time with. Some community grew up around that. Places like museums and bookshops that embraced online gatherings kept the interest of their followers and gathered new ones. During the early months of covid I had a daily and weekly schedule of these which really helped a lot. Continue reading