Thanks to Judy Martin for this wonderful quote. Go to her blog to see the quote and the fabulous photos she put with it! Every spirit builds itself a house and beyond its house, a world and beyond its world, … Continue reading →
Tonight I figured what the heck, if I can plow through two days of totally ridiculous work, I can make a project out of coming up with titles for past blog posts. So I’m going to do a bunch at a time, when I am in between things. It was sort of fun to revisit the early days. Continue reading →
It may be circa 2003, but let me tell you this made me laugh just as hard tonight as it did the first time I read it back then. I think I’m on page 4 or 5 of the comments. … Continue reading →
I want the viewer to look at my work and have a reaction of their own, or none, without my intervention. When people come to me and ask questions, I’m often guilty of asking them questions back, until they reveal what they think about the piece. Then I might agree, or be intrigued by something new they found all on their own, sometimes I’m surprised by their take on it. That’s good! I might also share some of my own thoughts about it, either about the making of it and how it started or what I thought after it was all done. Continue reading →
If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
