Category Archives: note to self
Wednesday Night
Came home today and sat down to paint. Step by step we reach our goals, right? Added quite a bit, managed to leave a lot of white areas where there would be flowers and realize deep in my heart that … Continue reading
Vincent. For these times
Just seek light and freedom and don’t delve too deeply into the mire of the world. — Vincent Van Gogh I think it’s important to remember what you’re fighting for. I don’t need to delve. I do need to recognize … Continue reading
Doing The Work, The Learning Process
Tuesday when I went over the hills to the east, I did two paintings at the Clark. The first was smaller, 5×7″, and my intention was to try sketching, color and value while trying out the plein air “thing”. My … Continue reading
From the Quote Box – LotR
[Arwen] took a white gem like a star that lay upon her breast hanging on a silver chain, and she set the chain about Frodo’s neck. “When the memory of the fear and the darkness troubles you,” she said, “this … Continue reading
NaPoWriMo, Day Eleven
Today’s prompt from NaPoWriMo was to write a Bop: “The invention of poet Afaa Michael Weaver, the Bop is a kind of combination sonnet + song. Like a Shakespearan sonnet, it introduces, discusses, and then solves (or fails to solve) … Continue reading
