Offsetting some of the loneliness and isolation of precautionary COVID-19 constraints, I make new friends in my studio—even if I have to conjure them myself from paint!
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| The Friend Who Isn't Afraid of My Pain 9 x 12"; acrylic, ink, and collage on drawing paper abstract face 2021 $45 |
Re books:
Joe picked up the book,
weighed it in his hands.
“I could tell you this story,
in a hundred words or less,
and you’d forget it by bedtime.”
He leaned toward Rusty
and lowered his voice,
as if he had secrets to share.
“Or you could read a couple hundred
thousand words instead
and never forget the story
as long as you live.”
—Lauren Wolk, Those Who Favor Fire
Re bookmarks:
Hand-painted bookmarks dazzle me with their intrinsic freshness factor!
Someone like Malcolm Gladwell might know what the frequency/infrequency calculus is regarding what keeps a piece of art fresh and new and impactful when you see it repeatedly. I do not, but I do know experientially that hand-painted bookmarks stay fresh and impactful for me. When any given bookmark is doing its job, it catches my wonder each time I open a book-in-progress to read. Then it catches my eye again as I mark the place between later pages when I stop reading. It never becomes over-familiar. I love that freshness factor!
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| No One Else, Anywhere, Anytime, Has Ever Read This Book 2 x 6" bookmark; acrylic and oil pastel on paper abstract 2020 sold |
