Poet William Carlos Williams wrote: so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. Consider a yellow chair and a green shed. In 1986 I pulled this sturdy oak chair from a dumpster on Franklin Street in downtown Manhattan. I carried it around the corner to my artContinue reading “Not the Daily News: ordinary life”
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Seasons: weather can be entertaining
We began living here the week before Christmas and had a big snowfall that weekend to give us the full lake effect of snow. These views from out our windows were endlessly inspiring. I made frozen ice “Charms” to hang outside from moulds of flowers and greens inside a heart-shaped pan. Everything becomes novel inContinue reading “Seasons: weather can be entertaining”
Hash Tags: labeling and naming,
I play around with different hashtags on Instagram. Lately, I have been using a few of note: #notpainting, #ordinarymagic, #lastingness, #artful. Life in transition remains creative and productive in different ways. I take a lot of pictures that represent the way I connect with things here and now. Ordinary and artful domestic life has dominatedContinue reading “Hash Tags: labeling and naming,”
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