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LATEST ARTICLES ( 601 )

• Inertia and Ambiguity

  

  This time of year when everything has slowed down to a solid block of ice, I feel that I might lose myself under the weight of inertia. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• New Vertical Abstract Paintings on Website

  

  I usually paint in square format, which I like best for non-objective abstract paintings, but among these six new paintings I just put up on my website, are fou... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Aging and The Modern Telephone Experience

  As I get older, hearing becomes more difficult.  I prefer to see people’s lips moving at the same time I listen to them. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Intersections in Black and Blue and Brown

  

  In this new drawing I worked with intersecting lines, both curved and straight, to gradually build up the composition. I began using the thick points of Zig... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2014 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• How Much Guilt?

  How much guilt is enough?  This morning I feel as if I am drowning in it:  ... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Drawing with Colored Calligraphy Pens

  

  I've been taking a break from painting and working on abstract drawings made with Zig memory calligraphy pens, which come in a large variety of colors. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Aging and Fear

  

  This week as upstate New York participated in the snowstorms and below freezing weather enjoyed by large swaths of the country, I felt a fear and loathing of th... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• New Abstract Painting Features Orange

  

  I had been working on one small painting for ages, trying to make it work. Finally I gave up and covered over the whole canvas in parchment. That left me a... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• How Many Times Do I Have to Make the Same Mistake?

  

  Many times, evidently.  It begins when I feel pressured, like I did just before my trip to Florida to visit my sister and stepson. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Check Out Joel Cohen's Abstract Photographs

  

  Joel Cohen of Palm Beach, Florida, turns nature and architecture into fabulous abstract images. I especially like his black-and-white photos, which he's been... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Two Widows Cook Christmas Dinner for Three Bachelors

  A holiday doesn’t have to be what it once was.  It can be what it is.  That’s the attitude I hoped would get me through this Christmas season. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Darkening Spirit

  

  Is there any American adult who truly enjoys the period between Thanksgiving and New Years’ Day?  Someone who finds that the holidays live up to their... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Holiday Spirit

  

  Is there any American adult who truly enjoys the period between Thanksgiving and New Years’ Day?  Someone who finds that the holidays live up to their... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Six New Abstract Paintings on Website

  

  In between finishing painting commissions, I've been working on six small 20" x 20" canvases. This week I finally finished them, scanned them, and got them up o... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• To Be Free FROM Or to Be Free FOR?

  As I was meditating this morning, I was focusing on the last line from a short meditation that I thought I had picked up in a book by Thich Nhat Han: ... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Finalizing a Painting Commission

  

  I've had a hard time finalizing two paintings for a commission I received recently. The paintings need to work separately or together, and will most likely be... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Is Alienation a Sign of Depression?

  When I mentioned to a friend recently that I felt alienated, she said, “Oh, you’re depressed.” “No, I’m not depressed,” I insisted. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Few Perks of Aging

  Are all accidents preventable?  If we had only taken our time or planned ahead, could they have been avoided? From the breaking of a glass to the major... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lack of Proportionality

  When I’m irritable and grumpy, I lose all sense of proportion.  Having trouble with a new painting, putting the wrong milk in my coffee, and missing my... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hard to Shake That Low Class Mentality

  I have always felt like part of the lower class—a girl from a blue-collar background who doesn’t know how to dress or behave in the upper class world. I’ve neve... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION