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...
starting over
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...
Balance Point…and Beyond
Thunderous brainstorms Occur in silent flashes Of inspired rest. E.R.Urabe Welcome! It’s our weekly trail ride meet up… ~I’m so happy to see you here~ As we move along the art/life path this is the time of year to literally imagine that we are riding into the sunset…facing West together....
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...
Being a Force of Nature
The truth is that, without writing, it is difficult for most people to go into their thought. By writing you slow thought down, find its emotional context in experience, and give yourself the chance to feel its meaning. As E.M. Forster famously asked, “How can I tell what I think...
Five and a Half Years in the High Security Lock-Up Ward
My experience of being in the lock-up ward (1991-1995) taught me much about how I might support others in celebrating strengths which often involves learning to turn wounds to wisdom. I’ll share the story of how I came to be in lock-down…an amazing time… in a future post. It was...
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...
It took me 30 years and 6 months to write this blog…
I’ve been curious and wondering how I would get back onto the blogging horse after abruptly falling off several months ago. Painful. Not majorly painful…not like many losses in life can be…certainly not life altering…yet perhaps each of us in our own way can relate to the leaving of something and...