Tag Archives: process

For the quote box

Via The Writer’s Almanac: You never know what you’ll want to write until it starts writing itself in your head. — Jill Ker Conway

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Rearview

Rear-view The way ahead is before me and the road behind is in front of me too a small slice of my forward view. By glancing up I see the retreating way, a preview of the path home The way … Continue reading

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Just Make That First Mark

Just dash something down if you see a blank canvas staring at you with a certain imbecility. You do not know how paralyzing it is, that staring of a blank canvas which says to the painter: you don’t know anything. … Continue reading

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Here, A Place to Stand

Here, A Place to Stand (More Like a Big Ball) 46 x 65 in, 2016 Here, a place to stand. One last embrace, earth and sky; light and dark entwine.

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What I Did Today

Got to work too early so I sat in my car and admired the really big gulls up on the mall roof for a little bit and when that had gone on too long I did this: Not sure why … Continue reading

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