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I do not think a day passes in my life in which I fail to look with fresh amazement at the miracle of nature. It is there on every side. It can be simply a shadow on a mountainside, or a spider’s web gleaming with dew, or sunlight on the leaves of a tree. I…
Read details“Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement: for transfiguration, not for the sake of play. It is the quest of our self that drives us along the eternal and never-ending journey we all must make.” Max Beckmann There are things…
Read details“Courage is more exhilarating than fear”. Eleanor Roosevelt We express our being by creating. It is a necessary sequel to our being. Creativity is how we got where we are today. From the first invention to our sometimes undecipherable cyber world, mankind has been creative. And creativity takes courage, because in most cases it changes…
Read details“In the arts there are many right answers. I’ve learned over the years that when you get a clue to another possibility to follow it through…Ultimately my hope is to amaze myself”. Jerry Uelsmann With our “creative spirit” comes something else, a bonding of kindred souls. In our curious state we seek out those around…
Read details“For art and joy go together, with bold openness, and high head, and ready hand – fearing naught, and dreading no exposure.” James Abbot McNeill Whistler I have been fortunate during this time of “social distancing” to have had my son and his family with us. That included Daxton…
Read details“Every adversity brings new experiences and new lessons.” Lailah Gifty Akita Caught in the turmoil of the moment, we forget the cyclical nature of history. We forget that the present always looks different from the inside than it does from the outside. We forget that this moment, with all its tribulations,…
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