and I don’t think I ever really did. One of the themes in my work or rather, one of the things that has been blocking me, is the idea of gesture and pose. I am still interesting in having figures in my work, but abstracting them. I still want a figure to be visible. For most of my art career […]
I don’t know how to be in my body anymore
Old Horse Woman, levitating above the setting sun and trusting
[art with stream of conscious writing – daily journal]Purple stars, looking up with open arms, the stars dripping off like rain. Standing on wet ground. The dress and body are patinaed, aged. Rising above to the stratosphere where there is space to expand, silence, just the scattering light of the sunset below. Floating above the sunset, her back to the […]
The Dream Digger
Long arms for reaching deep, big hands for scooping the mud, strong nails for scratching at rocks to dislodge them, scattering copper, making a mess, mischievous. It will dig deeper. Dancing while it does it. The next day’s sky peaking through. The sun is setting, or rising, the mud clearing. This night imp’s daily work is scrapping joyfully to show […]
Oh yeah, I have stuff on youtube now
It’s here. This is a terrible post.
You’ve got to love your medium
I first heard of cold wax medium when another artist said they use it over their watercolor paintings and it give s nice satin luster. Intrigued, I watched some videos, very process oriented, and thus abstract. I wanted to try it, it looked fun. I bought a beautiful book on it (this one, if you are interested), and a can […]
Create a Loving Studio Blessing Ritual For Your Sad Inner Wretch
Your Best Self Must Share Your Studio With Your Inner Depressed Artist. Create a closing blessing ritual for the studio to make it a safe welcoming place in case you feel low the next day. What is the culture of your studio? Is it a place to have discipline and work ethic? Where you compare yourself and your art to […]
How do you keep up a studio practice when you’re depressed?
I’ve been struggling with depression on and off for the past decade or more. But there are times when I am not at all depressed. These two aspects of myself has been at war, each side trying to convince the other side that they shouldn’t exist. The depressed side of me thinks I should just give up making art and […]
Experimenting with music again
It’s only been decades. That’s not completely true. A few years ago I made a real effort to learn to play guitar better, and I took a online course for writing lyrics. I felt stupid and frustrated, and also that it was not what I wanted, to play guitar. Now I am giving it another go. I’ve felt very frustrated […]
A new project!
I’m working on a project for exploring astrology through expressive arts. This came about because I realized that my interest in just visual art is not enough to sustain me. I really don’t want to sell my work, and my primary interest in making art is for growth and as a spiritual practice. There are many times when what I […]
Stealing
This week in the course I’m taking, we are to steal a few ideas from a favorite artist. At first I was going to steal from Leonora Carrington, but I didn’t feel that excited about it. Then for some reason out of the blue I thought of the artist Trenton Doyle Hancock. I’m mystified why he came to mind. I […]