Any Intelligent Fool…

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius…and a lot of courage…to move in the opposite direction. E.F.Schumacher This week the art/life trail ride is geared toward…let it go. Let go of the bigger Let go of the more...

Tapping Into Slow Time

The Temple Door, Drozda, Mixed Media on board, 1998, Private Collection we see through each other’s eyes experience together I see what you saw a gecko a sailboat a sunset a moth a flower a tree a child in his mother’s arms projected perceived Jasper Lotus Hawkins Welcome to...

The Bodhicitta Heart

Welcome to this week’s art/life trail ride…September keyword/focus point: Love. What lights you up and makes you feel radiant?  Bodhicitta Heart, Drozda, Mixed media on board, 2010 “I tell you the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” ...

My Little Pony

Welcome to this week’s trail ride…this is our second week in September the month of Love . It’s a fine time to share this image of me at seven…in Love with life…pictured here with my first piece of ‘official’ art made in second grade shop class. We picked out...

Put Your Stake in the Ground

Super Volute, Drozda, Acrylic/board, 12 x 12″ 1998 Last week I shared touchstones that I enlist to support my relationship with a natural and rhythmic flow of time.  It’s July 31 and we’re experiencing a phenomenon of ‘once in a Blue Moon’ which happens every couple of years. I invite...

The Best Gallery in the City

Back in the saddle and rarin’ to go! I begin with a renewed commitment to write and to post, each Thursday…experiencing, expressing, creating and contributing to living the best art/life. Thank you so much for being here! A brief rewind will set the stage… I officially began my professional...