Adventure is Out There
A shipwreck. A volcano shawled in snow. Blue, glassy seas. We started our 60 mile journey from Homer, Alaska under perfect blue skies for a 3 day excursion to […]
2013
Doodle Mind and Writing
24 x 24 acrylic The idea for this painting originated in Italy; after observing a tiled, stylized cross in a church, the shape reminded me of Native American capes
It All Happens in a Flash
Have you ever found yourself walking down the street, lost in thought when suddenly you notice a flash of perception, such as seeing a reflection in a plate glass window…and
Be Dare and Bare
In our backyard shop-artroom, I am working on a mosaic for our Copper River cabin; a stylized salmon spawning scene that is played out year after year when the reds run aplenty, and
It’s Never Just Rain
Far off. In a field, I am running toward a river. My dog flailing at my side. Camera slung around my neck; snow crunching under my boots, patches of
To Be Present with Suffering
“When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.” (chinua
A Story About the Body
A Story About the Body -Robert Hass The young composer, working that summer at an artist’s colony, had watched her for a week. She was Japanese, a painter,
Ways of Seeing: An Alaskan Disptach
“Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.” -Phaedrus I hear the spring birds raising
Famous and Not So Famous Last Words
This, too…is wonder. -Charlotte Joko Beck, Zen teacher, d.2011Am I dying…or is this my birthday? (when she woke briefly and looked at everyone standing ’round her bed) -Lady Nancy Astor, d. 1964