Monthly Archives: April 2010
WHAT TEACHING TEACHES YOU
I wrote an essay on teaching for Fine Art Views website, and you can read it here. It’s about my experience with a last-minute high school intern in my studio. We both survived!
COUNT THE HOURS
A reader left a comment yesterday on my LESSONS FROM HOSPICE Part Deux essay. Only sixteen hours of the last year could be devoted to art due to family circumstances. Now if sixteen hours is all you got, that’s a … Continue reading
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WE CAN ALWAYS USE ANOTHER HERO Part Deux
A visitor read my essay on being a hero. But, she asked, between babies and butterflies, cleaning and cooking, finding time for her partner and every else in life, how the heck do you find time to paint?? For Crystal: … Continue reading
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NEW COLUMN AT Fine Art Views!
Wonderful news! In addition to my column at THE CRAFTS REPORT magazine (scroll down to my regular column, “Craft Matters”), I have a new writing gig! I’ve just accepted a position as a regular contributing writer for the Fine Art … Continue reading
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LESSONS FROM HOSPICE #1
When someone is going through something profound and difficult, sometimes all that’s needed to make it bearable is the presence of another human being. A hand to hold in the dark. The soothing rhythm of someone breathing along with you. … Continue reading
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EMBRACE THE POWER OF THEY AMPLE BOSOM! Part 3
Your homework, before/after you read this article today, is to take eight minutes and listen to this podcast: Listen to music excerpt and composer David Lang’s statement by clicking Listen to the whole show on this page. (8 minutes, if … Continue reading
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QUICK, QUICK!
Okay, I WILL relate that artist statement story I promised later today. For now, read the comment I wrote today about your work being copied. (It’s comment #21 at the end of the article.)
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EATING MY WORDS ABOUT ART SCHOOL
A quick segue today, before the amazing artist statement I promised you yesterday. I’ve had to eat my words re: what I said about going to art school. Here’s what I said in a reply to a comment on that … Continue reading
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EMBRACE THE POWER OF THY AMPLE BOSOM! Part 2
Don’t be afraid. Don’t be very afraid. Don’t be even a little afraid. Yesterday I shared that little story about a teacher urging a student to “step up to the plate”–to “own” the power inside her. Here’s the second part, … Continue reading
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EMBRACE THE POWER OF THY AMPLE BOSOM! Part 1
Okay, obviously that title has a story behind it…. Years ago I attended a workshop for women in the arts, led by fiber artist and speaker Deborah Kruger. We learned why our art was so important, and how to make … Continue reading
WE CAN ALWAYS USE ANOTHER HERO
We all need a hero. And we can all BE a hero. Although I love that Tina Turner song from the movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, I have to disagree… We do need another hero. Lots of ‘em. I’m often … Continue reading
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