My thanks to Norfolk Academy, artist Rick Nickle and artist-curator Betsy DiJulio (who made it all happen 😉 for the exhibition ‘Growing Together’. In lieu of a public opening, canceled due to Covid, I have created a brief walk-through. Click on the image to take the 18-minute gallery tour: Please leave a comment, choose a […]
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Am I Trustworthy?
The keyword for the month of August is Trust Who Then?, Drozda (C), Acrylic/paper, 12 x14″ The first of August is the halfway-through-summer mark. With six weeks remaining before the inward turn at Fall Equinox we might ask: ‘What would I like to have come of this? ‘What would love do now?’ Spring and summer […]
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Don’t Say a Word
Dear Readers, I am standing for the courage and the tenacity of this nineteen-year-old woman. In 1968 there is no term for post-traumatic stress. Her support system helping to ferry her through these rocky straits are the letter from Alice and the two books. I honor the time it has taken for her to reach […]
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Tuesday Afternoon
He whom life fulfills, Though he remains a child, Is immune to the poisonous sting Of insects, to the ravening Of wild beasts or to the vultures’ bills. From Verse 55  Tao te Ching There is a quality of ‘no-time and no-place’ to these days. First thing in the morning I sit in bed and […]
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Trust Creative Relationships…
Welcome to the art/life trail! Hello to new readers! I celebrate you! We are on the trail toward greater relationship with your creative voice! I Trust that you find a sense of community here as together we explore Natural/Circadian/Feminine rhythms found in cycles and seasons. Explore outside the door, Virginia MOCA, Art in the Park, […]
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A Common Sense Approach…
Welcome! We are Creatives exploring the art/life trail… I’m so happy that you’re here. We are 4 weeks into the new Natural/Circadian/Feminine year. We are on the hunt for silver linings. Silver linings are found behind what appears. We’re looking beyond appearances to find the glimmer and the shimmer of something wonderful emerging. There is […]
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Difficult or Impossible to Understand
Welcome to the art/life trail and to the world of 2017! This is a critical year for taking a stand, having a vision. Let’s be willing to move forward without fear and without having the who, the how, the when, the why or the where in place. Sounds unsettling and confounding…also highly opportune for new levels […]
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Vision
Welcome to the trail! Thank you for being here and for your willingness to follow the path of your art/life as it lines up with the monthly focus points on the Natural Calendar…ever an interesting ride! We have moved through the first two moon/months, Experience and Introspection, of the fall quarter. I hope that you […]
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I Run with the Reindeer
We return from four days at the tree farm well rested, sleeping like stones, lulled by whip-o-will echoing calls from one side of the wooded creek bed to the other. I had not heard a whip-o-will calling til my first spring at the farm several years ago. Watching a trio of bats dip and spiral […]
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Kindled, Grounded and Spacious
 Goddess in the Making, Drozda, Acrylic/canvas, 36 by 36 inches, 1996, available for purchase We are all such exquisite and ruthless combinations of wisdom and woundedness. Jan Crawford Welcome to the art/life trail ride! It’s the last week in our 30 day Wisdom challenge…what does it mean to be wise? As you’ve moved through the […]
