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The Museum

The Cultural Temple of Our Times First, a full disclosure; I both love and hate museums and galleries concurrently. I love the starkness...

Background vs. Foreground

The Changing Focus of The Narrative There is a tale of two fishermen who decided to go into the business of making fish-nets. The first...

Color vs. Black and White

The Beauty of Black and White I always had at least one student in every class that I taught, all grade levels including college,...

Adding an Extra Window to the Room

Tying The Room Together With an “Extra”-ordinary Window Prints on the Wall: Graphic, Photograph or Painting Years ago, I went to an...

Intuition

Starting From Line and Word Doodling is a favorite pastime for bored students and long phone conversations. It’s a form of automatic...

The Art of Work and the Artwork

Thoughts from the Studio; Work Ethics and Doing Art My first job was babysitting. Easy. The baby sleeps, I watch tv, parents go out and...

Thoughts on Art #2

Retrospectives and Curating The flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal gave a wonderful concert many years ago. I was lucky enough to see him live...

Thoughts on Art #1

100 Years of Defining the Boundaries of Art: from Marcel Duchamp to Jens Haaning To get accepted to art school, one of the entry exams...

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Gratitude, gifts, and gifting When I was an infant, I had violet-colored eyes. People would stop my mother on the street and...

RUNNING and ART #2

Running, Art and Introverts OPENING here with a TRIGGER question; What is the common denominator between art, running and being an...