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OK, now what?

So okay – there you are in your room with the shade down and the door shut and the plug pulled out of the base of the telephone. You’ve blown up your TV and committed yourself to a thousand words a day, come hell or high water. Now comes the big question: What are you going to write about? And the equally big answer: Anything you damn well want. – Stephen King Continue reading

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Why I work “big” (from the quote box)

I want to be very intimate and human. To paint a small picture is to place yourself outside your experience, to look upon an experience as with a reducing glass. However, when you paint the larger picture, you are in it. — Mark Rothko Continue reading

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The Irony of it All – What I Do

“what the heck? That woman is out of her freakin’ mind!”
Yup, that’s me, just doing my normal weirdnesses, again. Continue reading

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Josef Albers and Color

Easy to know that diamonds are precious. Good to learn that rubies have depth. But more to see that pebbles are miraculous. – Josef Albers Continue reading

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That moment of triumph and…

* For those new to the maniacal procedures used here to sew little bits of fabric together, a quick explanation. Continue reading

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