Continue Reading Thoughts on Vaccination It looks like we will be able to get vaccinated to be (somewhat) protected against Covid-19 in the near future. Or will…
Continue Reading Thoughts On Grieving In Memoriam: Dorothy Goode In the early morning hours of November 27, 2020 I received an email that let me know that gifted painter and adventurous…
Continue Reading Move over, Mondrian. A sentiment that questions Piet Mondrian’s (1872 –1944) status as the master of modernism is, of course, offered in jest. I was…
Continue Reading (Almost) Year-End Report As many of you know I have been involved in a project for years now that tries to raise awareness of not…
Continue Reading Dreaming, while snared, of murmurations. I have been working on a project that, once again, tries to express the feelings associated with our current predicament: longing for…
Continue Reading Writing with a Crystal Vision. Instead of a poem I am posting a short essay today, found here, in Vanity Fair of all places, a publication…
Continue Reading Reds against Blues Hard times when sadness hits. Advice comes in all forms and shapes and levels of triteness (if earnestly felt), levels of pragmatism,…
Continue Reading A Visit to the Future and the Past. I had a strange dream last night. A dear friend finally managed to introduce me to Ursula LeGuin, who was somehow still…
Continue Reading Leaves, Folded If Nari Ward, who I introduced yesterday, is a master of conceptual installations, Sam Gilliam stands out with his abstractions. I say…
Continue Reading If only… “If only I could….” must be one of the most frequently uttered sentence fragments of this constraint- and fear-ruled year. If only…